Therapeutic Abortion and a Prior Psychiatric History
Abstract
A follow-up study of 126 women who received abortions on psychiatric grounds revealed that the 52 women with a history of prior psychiatric illness did not experience significantly more post-abortion emotional reactions than the others. Ninety-six percent of the psychiatric group and 92 percent of the others reported that their emotional health was better or normal afterward.
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