Thu Dec 2, 2021 – 11:05 am ESTThu Dec 2, 2021 – 10:53 am EST
(Live Action) – David Fergusson is a pro-abortion researcher whose 2006 study found a higher rate of depression and other mental health problems among post-abortive women. The study revealed that 42% of women who had undergone abortions within the previous four years suffered from depression at more than double the rate of women who hadn’t had abortions and higher than the rate of those who had given birth.
The study also found higher rates of substance abuse, anxiety, and suicidal behavior in women who had undergone abortions.
According to an article in the New Zealand Herald:
[Fergusson] is “pro-choice” personally, but he admits his latest research – which suggests a strong link between abortion and mental illness – is liable to be used and misused as ammunition by the pro-life brigade.
It’s as if Fergusson believes the efforts of pro-life individuals to warn women about the mental health risks of abortion and protect them from that is somehow “misusing” his research.
However, it seems that abortion advocates are attempting to hide the truth. According to Fergusson, many of the medical journals he approached refused to publish
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