No Mental Health Risk to Abortion? But Are They Sure?

The New York Times is reporting that a panel of the American Psychological Association says that there is no known mental health risk associated with a single abortion.

However, note a few things in this brief report:

1. The panel admits that a woman may experience grief and loss following an abortion.

2. Panel members note these findings are associated with a single abortion (yet approximately half of all abortions are repeat abortions).

3. Many of the over 150 studies they looked at were seriously flawed. (Yet somehow they were able to determine there was no mental health risk based on the results of these seriously flawed studies.)

It's about time that the truth comes out. Obviously grief and pain are associated with an abortion-- as one would expect--yet there is the added complication of the mother being complicit in the death of her child.

Some women are fine after a time but many, sadly, are not. There are many, many women suffering from post-abortion syndrome and the establishment constantly tells them that there is nothing wrong. They are told that their grief, pain and guilt aren't real and that what they are experiencing isn't part of something bigger and more serious.

Globe and Mail Reports on Funerals for Children Who Die through Miscarriage

Yesterday, Canada's The Globe and Mail reported on a new trend: funerals for children who die in early miscarriages. And strangely, a number of women claiming to be pro-choice are among those holding funerals for their little ones.

Now, I say "strangely" because it does seem like a bizarre twist in pro-abortion/pro-choice logic. If an unborn baby is not a person and is only "potential" life, then are you mourning the loss of the child or the anticipation of having a child? And if the child was only "potential" life, why cremate the remains or bury the tiny body? To what purpose does this signify?

Besides the obvious, publicly mourning the death of an unborn child by holding funerals or cremating the remains may reflect more on the existence of post-abortion syndrome and whether the syndrome will one day be recognized as legitimate. If a woman who claims to be pro-choice feels like she can mourn the loss of her child, why can't the woman who has had an abortion regret it and grieve over the loss of her child?