Teens Cope With Unwanted Pregnancies Better Than Abortions, Study Shows

Via LifeNews.Com:

A new study published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence refutes a long-standing contention that teenagers are better able to handle an abortion than dealing with an unplanned pregnancy. The study finds that adolescent girls who have an abortion are five times more likely to seek help for psychological and emotional problems than those who keep their baby.

Dr. Priscilla Coleman, a research psychologist at Bowling Green State University, led the study.

Coleman also found that teenagers who have abortions instead of carrying the pregnancy to term were also over three times more likely to report subsequent trouble sleeping, and nine times more likely to report subsequent marijuana use.

To factor out other reasons that may have prompted the need for psychological help, sleep difficulties or drug use, Coleman examined 17 other variables such as prior mental health history and family factors.

That helped narrow down the study to make sure it focused only on the results after the abortion or birth decision.

Data for the study came from a federally-funded longitudinal study of adolescents from throughout the U.S. who participated in two series of interviews in 1995 and 1996.

About 76 percent of girls who had abortions and 80 percent of girls who gave birth were between the ages of 15 and 19 during the survey and the rest were younger teenagers. [
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From my own personal experience in working with young women I have found this to be true. Young women who have their babies seem to be so much happier than those who have had abortions. Those who have the abortions are traumatized in so many ways by the procedures and often share their horror stories with me , while those who have their babies find support from the community and are happy with their decision to give life to their baby. At the clinic where I work there are thousands of photos of happy babies and moms covering the walls.

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  1. Seems pretty obvious that it's better to have a baby than to kill one, especially in the teen years when you're forming your sense of who you are. "Mother who killed her first child" doesn't sound like a really healthy self-image to be giving a kid.

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  2. I wish more people were aware of this and possessed your wisdom, Christine. It's amazing how many are still deceived by the culture of death, which portrays abortion as a "right" and as a "glamorous" thing to do. So many are still trapped in the lies of the pro-aborts and those from PP and so many of the parents of these young women force them to have abortions. I have trouble understanding why a grandparent would rather see their grandchild dead than raised by family or adopted by a good family who can provide for the child?

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