Psychological Effects: Patty and Ashley’s Story

Sources:

David Ferguson, Professor of Psychology, Meta data anyalysis

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/abortion-and-mental-health-disorders-evidence-from-a-30year-longitudinal-study/59A90CBF3A58C58B342CBCFFBBFEBD2E

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0004867413484597

Brenda Major, Department of Psychology, American Psychologist publication

https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/amp-64-9-863.pdf

Science Direct - Journal of Psychiatric Research

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022395625003309

Turnaway study

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2022/06/423161/ucsf-turnaway-study-shows-impact-abortion-access

National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507237/#sec_000143

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16343341/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21881096/

https://abortionrisks.org/index.php/NCCMH_Review

How does she feel now that the procedure is done? Relieved? Or are there side effects that cause her to suffer in silence and plague her mentally and emotionally long term?