New Study Shows Women Have Prolonged Grief After Abortions
New research utilizing a national random survey of American women aged 41 to 45 years found that prolonged grief disorder is common after both induced abortions and natural losses.
The research investigated the degrees of grief and complicated grief attributed to natural and induced pregnancy losses, based on 1,925 surveys collected from a topic-blind panel. Of these, 409 respondents (21.2%) reported a history of induced abortion and 573 (29.8%) had a history of miscarriage or other natural losses. These rates are close to national averages, indicating a representative sample.
Women who had abortions were grouped by their abortion decision-types: Wanted (“wanted and consistent with my values and preferences”; Inconsistent (“accepted but inconsistent with my values and preferences”); Unwanted (“unwanted and contrary to my values and preferences”); Coerced (“Coerced and contrary to my values and preferences”).
The most common abortion decision type was Inconsistent (35.5%), followed by Wanted (29.8%), Unwanted (22.0%) and Coerced (12.7%).
Variations in grief intensity relative to abortion decision type/Elliot Institute
Grief is highly prevalent and dependent on abortion decision type
The findings revealed that high levels of grief are reported across all the groups studies, but were increasingly common relative to the degree that the abort was less free and in greater conflict with a woman’s values.
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For the majority of women who had abortions, the decision was inconsistent with their values: 70.2% reported the abortion as inconsistent, unwanted, or coerced. These decision types showed significantly higher mean grief scores compared to the minority who had wanted abortions. Their levels of grief were similar to, and sometimes greater than that reported for natural losses.
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