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unwanted 

widespread coercion

unsafe
teens & moms at risk

unfair
injustice to all involved


 

For immediate help
 

Rachel's Vineyard

1-877-467-3463

http://www.rachelsvineyard.org.
 

Carenet/Option Line
1-800-395-4351
www.optionline.org
 

National Helpline for Abortion Recovery
1-866-482-5433

www.nationalhelpline.org
 


 

Finding help

Pregnancy help

Help after abortion

Help for men

Help for others affected by abortion

 

How to help others

12 ways to help

A note to pastors, counselors and others who want to help

 

Learn more

Warning signs of PAS
You are not alone

 

 

 

citations
for facts on "suicide" page


 

1.  M. Gissler, “Injury deaths, suicides and homicides associated with pregnancy, Finland 1987-2000,” European J. Public Health 15(5):459-63, 2005.; and Gissler, Hemminki & Lonnqvist, "Suicides after pregnancy in Finland, 1987-94: register linkage study," British Journal of Medicine 313:1431-4, 1996.

 

2. VM Rue et. al., “Induced abortion and traumatic stress: A preliminary comparison of American and Russian women,” Medical Science Monitor 10(10): SR5-16, 2004.

 

3. DC Reardon et. al., “Deaths Associated With Pregnancy Outcome: A Record Linkage Study of Low Income Women,” Southern Medical Journal 95(8):834-41, Aug. 2002.

 

4. D. Reardon, Aborted Women, Silent No More (Springfield, IL: Acorn Books, 2002).

 

5. B. Garfinkel, et al., “Stress, Depression and Suicide: A Study of Adolescents in Minnesota,” Responding to High Risk Youth (University of Minnesota: Minnesota Extension Service, 1986)

 

6. R Cougle, DC Reardon & PK Coleman, “Depression Associated With Abortion and Childbirth: A Long-Term Analysis of the NLSY Cohort,” Medical Science Monitor 9(4):CR105-112, 2003.
 

7. DC Reardon, JR Cougle, “Depression and unintended pregnancy in the National Longitudinal Study of Youth: a cohort study,” British Medical Journal 324:151-2, 2002.

 

8. DC Reardon et. al., “Psychiatric admissions of low-income women following abortions and childbirth,” Canadian Medical Association Journal 168(10): May 13, 2003.
 

9. PK Coleman et. al., “State-Funded Abortions Versus Deliveries: A Comparison of Outpatient Mental Health Claims Over Four Years,” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 72(1):141-152, 2002.

 

10. Ashton,"The Psychosocial Outcome of Induced Abortion", British Journal of Ob & Gyn. 87:1115-1122, 1980.
 

11. JR Cougle, DC Reardon, PK Coleman, “Generalized Anxiety Following Unintended Pregnancies Resolved Through Childbirth and Abortion: A Cohort Study of the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth,” Journal of Anxiety Disorders 19:137-142 (2005).

 

12. See the Forced Abortion in America Special Report.

 

13. I.L. Horton and D. Cheng, “Enhanced Surveillance for Pregnancy-Associated Mortality-Maryland, 1993-1998,” JAMA 285(11): 1455-1459 (2001); see also J. Mcfarlane et. al., "Abuse During Pregnancy and Femicide: Urgent Implications for Women's Health," Obstetrics & Gynecology 100: 27-36 (2002).

 

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