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Here's one gem from the website of Planned Parenthood. You can find it at http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/webzine/askexperts/app-051230-abortion.xml
No. Abortion is a very safe procedure. It's about twice as safe as having tonsils removed, and is much safer than giving birth....So, unless there is an unusual complication, abortion does not affect a woman's ability to have children.... The risks for the second [abortion] are generally the same as for the first, if they are both performed at the same stage of pregnancy. There is no evidence that having more than one abortion causes any health problems.
Please make note of the following:
Tubal pregnancy: Abortion appears to contribute to an increase in
ectopic pregnancy in younger women when associated with pelvic inflammatory
disease. Statistic show a 30% increased risk of ectopic pregnancy after one
abortion and a 160% increased risk after two or more abortions.
(American Journal of Obs. and Gyn. 1989; 160:642-6)
(American Journal of Public Health 1982; 72:253-6)
A Tubal Pregnancy is a potentially life-threatening condition where an embryo develops in the Fallopian Tubes instead of the womb.
Also:
Placenta previa - a condition producing extremely severe, life threatening
bleeding in future pregnancies. Statistics show a 600% increased risk following
abortion.
(American Journal of Obs. and Gyn. 1981; 141:769-72)
And...
Increased bleeding in subsequent pregnancies.
(American Journal of Obs. and Gyn. 1983; 146:136-140)
And further....
24.3%
[of women who had abortions] experience complications in future pregnancies.
Complications include: excessive bleeding, premature delivery, cervical damage,
and sterility. (Acta/Obstetrics
and Gynecology Scandinavia 1979; 58:491-4)
Finally...
Increased risk of abnormal positioning of the baby in future pregnancies after
one or more abortion.
(American Journal of Obs. and Gyn. 1983; 146:136-140)
Also from the Planned Parenthood website (http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/webzine/askdrcullins/adc-040806-abortion.xml)
Is having an abortion emotionally and psychologically dangerous?
No. Most women feel relief after an abortion. Serious emotional reactions are much less likely than they are after giving birth. But anti choice extremists make false claims about this. They want people to believe that most women who choose abortion suffer severe and long lasting emotional trauma. This is not true. ...Anti-choice extremists refuse to accept the facts. They insist that "post abortion trauma" is real. They hope that such terms will frighten women away from choosing abortion.... there's no such thing [as post-abortion syndrome.]
Dr. Vanessa Cullins is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist and vice president for medical affairs at Planned Parenthood® Federation of America
Now:
Mental
or Emotional Harm to Women
Dr. Anne Speckhard, in a 1985 University of Minnesota study,
researched "long-term manifestations of abortion" (5-10 years), and found that
81% of mothers reported preoccupation with their aborted child, 54% had
nightmares, 35% had perceived visitations with their child, and 96% felt their
abortion had taken a human life.
Immediately after an abortion, many women report a feeling of relief ... which is what all abortionists want you to hear. What you won't hear of is the guilt and depression that frequently follows. A national poll found that at least 56% of women experience a sense of guilt over their decision, though the pollster himself acknowledged that many women will not even admit having had an abortion. [1] In fact, a five-year study shows that 25% of women who have had abortions sought out psychiatric care, versus just 3% of women who have not had abortions. [2] Further, numerous studies reveal that women who have had an abortion experience a high incidence of depression, stress, low self-esteem, suicidal feelings and substance abuse. [3]
*Sources: Somerville, Scott, Esq., _Before You Choose_, AIM Publications, 10/1/93.
[1] George Skelton, "Many in Survey Who Had Abortion Cite Guilt Feelings," Los Angeles Times, March 19, 1989, p. 28.
[2] "Report on the Committee on the Operation of the Abortion Law," p. 321. Ottawa, 1977.
[3] Vincent M. Rue, "The Psychological Realities of Induced Abortion," Post-Abortion aftermath: A Comprehensive Consideration, Michael T. Mannion, Editor, Sheed & Ward, 1994, p. 543.
And also:
According to a 1986 study by researchers at the University of Minnesota, a teenage girl is 10 times more likely to attempt suicide if she has had an abortion in the last six months than is a comparable teenage girl who has not had an abortion.(Garfinkel, et al., Stress, Depression and Suicide: A Study of Adolescents in Minnesota, (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Extension Service, 1986).
And...
The Maternal Death Rate from Abortion is almost 3 times higher than the Death Rate from Childbirth, according to a 13-year population study of pregnancy-associated deaths [American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology].
The study found that the mortality rate associated with abortion is 2.95 times higher than that associated with pregnancies carried to term. The study included the entire population of women 15-49 years of age in Finland, 1987-2000. The researchers linked birth and abortion records to death certificates. The annual death rate of women who had abortions in the previous year was 46% higher than that of non-pregnant women...
Women who carried to term had a significantly lower death rate than non-pregnant women. Non-pregnant women had 57.0 deaths per 100,000, compared to 28.2 for women who carried to term, 51.9 for women who miscarried, and 83.1 for women who had abortions.
For more information about the psychological effects of abortions, go to http://www.afterabortion.info/psychol.html