Teanna+Caldwell

TEEN ABORTIONSS.. !!  Abortion rates were at their highest in 2009 in teen girls. Teen abortions have become a big deal over the past year or so. Abortions affect teen girls by the following ways mentally, physically and emotionally.

 Abortions affect teen girls physically because a teen might be sick and need some type of medicine and can’t get it do to her being pregnant or having an abortion done. An example “ **(CNN)** -- The mother of a pregnant leukemia patient who died after her chemotherapy was delayed over anti- abortion laws is accusing doctors of not putting her daughter's health first. The 16-year-old's plight attracted worldwide attention after she had to wait for chemotherapy because of an abortion ban in the Dominican Republic. Doctors were hesitant to give her chemotherapy because such treatment could terminate the pregnancy -- a violation of the Dominican Constitution, which bans abortion. Some 20 days after she was admitted to the hospital, she finally started receiving treatment. She died Friday, a hospital official said”. Also abortions affect teens mentally. They might get double the risk of mental health problems than the average teen or person with mental health problems.

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For example in the new York times “ The study showed that those who undergo abortion face nearly double the risk of mental health difficulties compared with others and that one in ten of all mental health problems was a result of an abortion. The findings come as Tory MP Nadine Dorries, backed by Labour’s Frank Field, has put down an amendment to a Health Bill which requires women seeking abortion to see an independent counsellor first. Currently organisations which provide abortions offer counselling, but critics say the advice given can often be biased.””. Abortions might affect teens emotionally. It might affect them emotionally because the teen might become very sad or regretful after the abortion. For example ====The positive relationship of abortion to well-being may be due in part to abortion's role in controlling fertility and its relationship to coping resources (Russo & Dabul, 1997; Russo & Zierk, 19 IN PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALSO IN====  Posted on [|March 8, 2001] by [|EI]    By Amy R. Sobie and David C. Reardon, Ph.D. > About 20 percent of all abortions taking place in the U.S. today are performed on teens. [|(1)] Teenage abortion has been linked to a number of physical and psychological problems, including drug and alcohol abuse, [|(2)] suicide attempts and suicidal ideation, [|(3)] and other self-destructive behaviors. > Compared to women who abort at an older age, women who abort as teens are significantly more likely to report more severe emotional injuries related to their abortions. [|(4)] This finding is supported by the fact that women who aborted as teens participate in disproportionately large numbers in post-abortion counseling programs. [|(5)] In the WEBA study of post-abortive women, for example, more than 40 percent of the women had been teenagers at the time of their abortions. [|(6)] >
 * Women who have had one abortion do not suffer adverse psychological effects. In fact, as a group, they have higher self-esteem, greater feelings of worth and capableness, and fewer feelings of failure than do women who have had no abortions or who have had repeat abortions (Russo & Zierk, 1992; Zabin et al., 1989). A recent two-year study of the psychological effects of abortion confirmed that most women do not experience psychological problems or regrets two years after their abortion. (Major et al., 2000).
 * A study of a group of teenagers who obtained pregnancy tests at one of two Baltimore clinics found that the young women who chose to have abortions were far more likely to graduate from high school at the expected age than those of similar socioeconomic status who carried their pregnancies to term or who were not pregnant. They showed no greater levels of stress at the time of the pregnancy and abortion and no greater rate of psychological problems two years after the abortion than did the other women (Zabin et al., 1989).
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