Excellent point.Anything that relates to abortion will always have a
negative impact.It does make sense that only a cold,thoughtless woman
would allow herself to have an abortion.

Shawn Hearn <srhi@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:<srhi-C67D00.06123114052004@news-60.giganews.com>...

papajack@stic.net (Papa Jack) wrote:

Papa Jack cited:
Psychosomatic Medicine 66:265-271 (2004); 2004 American
Psychosomatic Society

Psychological Impact on Women of Miscarriage Versus
Induced Abortion: A 2-Year Follow-up Study

Anne Nordal Broen, MD, Torbjörn Moum, PhD, Anne Sejersted
Bödtker, MD and Öivind Ekeberg, MD, PhD

From the University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Abstract:
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Anne Nordal
Broen, MD, Department of Behavioral Sciences in Medicine,
Sognsvannsveien 9, University of Oslo, P.O. 1111 Blindern,
0317 Oslo, Norway. E-mail:

OBJECTIVE: To compare the psychological trauma reactions of
women who had either a miscarriage or an induced abortion,
in the 2 years after the event. Further, to identify important
predictors of Impact of Event Scale (IES) scores.

METHOD: A consecutive sample of women who experienced miscar-
riage (N = 40) or induced abortion (N = 80) were interviewed 3
times: 10 days (T1), 6 months (T2), and 2 years (T3) after the
event.

RESULTS: At T1, 47.5% of the women who had a miscarriage were
cases (IES score 19 points on 1 or both of the IES subscales),
compared with 30% for women who had an induced abortion (p = .60).
The corresponding values at T3 were 2.6% and 18.1%, respectively
(p = .019). At all measurement time points, the group who had
induced abortion scored higher on IES avoidance. Women who had
a miscarriage were more likely to experience feelings of loss
and grief, whereas women who had induced abortion were more
likely to experience feelings of relief, guilt, and shame. At
T3, IES intrusion was predicted by feelings of loss and grief
at T1, whereas avoidance at T3 was predicted by guilt and shame
at T1.

CONCLUSION: The short-term emotional reactions to miscarriage
appear to be larger and more powerful than those to induced
abortion. In the long term, however, women who had induced
abortion reported significantly more avoidance of thoughts and
feelings related to the event than women who had a miscarriage."

Shawn Hearn wrote:
Do you really have to stoop to such low tactics? You
didn't even quote the abstract to this article in its
entirety. Here is the results section:

Shawn Hearn quoted:
"RESULTS: At T1, 47.5% of the women who had a miscarriage were cases
(IES score 19 points on 1 or both of the IES subscales), compared with
30% for women who had an induced abortion (p = .60). The corresponding
values at T3 were 2.6% and 18.1%, respectively (p = .019). At all
measurement time points, the group who had induced abortion scored
higher on IES avoidance. Women who had a miscarriage were more likely to
experience feelings of loss and grief, whereas women who had induced
abortion were more likely to experience feelings of relief, guilt, and
shame. At T3, IES intrusion was predicted by feelings of loss and grief
at T1, whereas avoidance at T3 was predicted by guilt and shame at T1."

Shawn Hearn wrote:
It looks to me that "whereas women who had induced abortion
were more likely to experience feelings of relief, guilt,
and shame" had a wider range of feelings than those who
miscarried. Note that "relief" is one of those feelings,
but you say nothing about that.

Shawn Hearn wrote:
...Strange how you only hone in on the "avoidance of thoughts
and feelings" portion of the conclusion section.

Shawn Hearn wrote:
...It is also strange how you think this is some
sort of bad thing. Of course getting an abortion
is a very emotional decision for most women and
like most people, we tend to avoid dwelling on
emotionally draining aspects of our lives. Don't
you?

Papa Jackass <papajack@stic.net> wrote:

Thus, the researchers find there are significant negative
impacts caused by induced abortion.

Which is meaningless without comparing that outcome against the
negative impacts of forced childbirth.