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By: Michael Gryboski, originally published August 28, 2025, The Washington Stand<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, the Journal of Psychiatric Research published a study by researchers with the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, University of Sherbrooke, and McGill University, titled \u201cInduced abortion and implications for long-term mental health: a cohort study of 1.2 million pregnancies<\/a>.\u201d Researchers oversaw a retrospective cohort study of 28,721 induced abortions and approximately 1.22 million births at hospitals in Quebec, Canada, between 2006 and 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They followed up with women after their pregnancies to identify any mental health-related hospitalizations to see if there was a link between induced abortion and hospitalization. According to the study, \u201cabortion is associated with an increased risk of mental health-related hospitalization in the long term, but the association weakens with time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRates of mental health-related hospitalization were higher following induced abortions than other pregnancies,\u201d noted the report, adding that women who had abortions experienced higher rates of \u201csubstance use disorders\u201d and \u201csuicide attempts\u201d when \u201ccompared with other pregnancies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe associations were greater for patients who had preexisting mental illness,\u201d or were younger than 25 at the time of their abortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Reardon, director of the Elliot Institute, a pro-life organization, said in a\u00a0statement<\/a>\u00a0released last week that the study was the most recent confirmation of a link between abortion and severe mental health problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the latest in a string of record-based studies that do not suffer from any self-selection or recall bias. Plus, the authors fully controlled for women\u2019s mental health histories before and after their abortions,\u201d explained Reardon. \u201cThey found that prior mental health problems clearly magnify the risk that abortion will exacerbate the risk of a psychiatric crisis, but there [was] also elevated risks for women with no prior mental health issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reardon went on to note that while \u201cit is difficult to know when, if ever, abortion may be the sole cause of any mental health problem,\u201d it was also \u201cridiculous to assert that abortion never contributes to mental health issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe now know that the majority of abortion patients say that their abortions did negatively impact their mental health. To insist that abortion never impacts mental health is, essentially \u2026 an absurd, ideologically driven fantasy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, BMC Psychiatry, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal,\u00a0published<\/a>\u00a0an analysis of 15 papers that found, overall, 34.5% of women worldwide who had an abortion experienced depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn conclusion, the occurrence of post-abortion depression has been observed to be widespread globally,\u201d stated the 2023 study. \u201cHealthcare providers should prioritize the provision of post-abortion counseling, care, and emotional support to women.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Gryboski serves as editor of The Christian Post, of which this story was originally published<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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