Risk Factors for Distress after Abortion

Women at Risk

Women most likely to suffer distress after an abortion are those who:

• Are having difficulty making a decision about their pregnancy;
• Have doubts about having an abortion;
• Have negative attitudes about abortion;
• Are carrying an abnormal baby;
• Feel pressured by others to have an abortion;
• Feel the decision is not their own, or is their ‘only choice’;
• Feel they must decide quickly;
• Are very young;
• Have a psychological or psychiatric problem;
• Don’t like themselves very much;
• Have been emotionally, physically or sexually abused;
• Don’t have many friends;
• Are making this decision alone;
• Have a poor relationship with their partner or boyfriend;
• Don’t have the support of their parents and family (either to continue their pregnancy or to have an abortion);
• Don’t have the support of their partner or boyfriend (either to continue their pregnancy or to have an abortion); and/or
• Experience physical complications from an abortion.

 

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