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Identifying High Risk Abortion Patients

Teenagers face both physical and mental risks of abortion complications, triggering a suicidal tendency in them. The medical studies indicate teenagers are 6 times more likely to commit suicide if they have had an abortion in the last 6 months. These teenagers, with their associated abortion risks, can undergo trauma and even pursue self-destructive activities like drugs, etc. Read more at After Abortionu2019s medical fact sheet.

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Identifying High Risk Abortion Patients

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  1. Identifying High Risk Abortion Patients

  2. While there is intense controversy regarding how many women experience post-abortion psychological problems, even pro-abortion researchers admit that at least some women are negatively effected. Moreover, according to the American Psychological Association’s 2008 Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion there are at least 15 risk factors that identify the women at greatest risk of psychological problems after an abortion: • terminating a pregnancy that is wanted or meaningful • perceived pressure from others to terminate a pregnancy • perceived opposition to the abortion from partners, family, and/or friends • lack of perceived social support from others • various personality traits (e.g., low self-esteem, a pessimistic outlook, low-perceived control over life) • a history of mental health problems prior to the pregnancy

  3. feelings of stigma • perceived need for secrecy • exposure to antiabortion picketing • use of avoidance and denial coping strategies • Feelings of commitment to the pregnancy • ambivalence about the abortion decision • low perceived ability to cope with the abortion • history of prior abortion • late term abortion

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