unintended pregnancy

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Complications

unintended pregnancies before abortions became legal in the United States reported more depressive episodes decades later^[1]
anxiety & depression later in life may be more common in women denied abortions^[2]^[3]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Yager J Unintended Pregnancies Can Worsen Mental Health Later in Life NEJM Journal Watch. Feb 26, 2015 Massachusetts Medical Society (subscription needed) http://www.jwatch.org
Herd P et al. The implications of unintended pregnancies for mental health in later life. Am J Public Health 2016 Mar; 106:421 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26691118 <Internet> http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302973
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Biggs MA, Neuhaus JM, Foster DG Mental Health Diagnoses 3 Years After Receiving or Being Denied an Abortion in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2015 Dec;105(12):2557-63. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26469674 Free PMC Article
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Foster DG, Steinberg JR, Roberts SC et al A comparison of depression and anxiety symptom trajectories between women who had an abortion and women denied one. Psychol Med. 2015 Jul;45(10):2073-82. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25628123