In pre-counseling sessions and online, myths about what happens to a woman's mental well-being following an abortion are widespread and misleading, researchers say.
It's an unfounded message experts say is repeated again and again: Having an abortion may damage a woman's mental health, perhaps for years.
Supreme Court pushes divided nation closer to breaking point with new fights over abortion"There's so much misinformation, so many myths about abortion. Abortion will lead to substance abuse, depression, suicidal thoughts; abortion is bad for your health; every woman is going to regret it," said social psychologist Brenda Major, a distinguished professor emeritus in the department of psychological and brain sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The Catholic Church once allowed for abortions. Everything changed in 1873 02:52Of the 33 states that have required patients receive counseling before an abortion, eight routinely included the potential for negative psychological responses as part of the conversation, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit research and policy organization that focuses on sexual and reproductive rights worldwide.
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