Abortion Societal Concerns About Abortion

Abortion

Societal concerns about abortion since the Roe vs. Wade decision have changed dramatically, and in doing so are affecting the way some women prioritize their lives and the inconvenience of accepting the responsibility of motherhood. Societal rules have changed so much since that time that many women experience no remorse at all after having an abortion, and in fact some recent studies have shown that many women who justify such an event in their lives do so with a sense of a relief or even by telling themselves that they are accepting responsibility in a mature way by murdering an innocent human.

Those without any emotional distress post-abortion stated clearly before the abortion that they did not want to give birth since they prioritized work, studies and/or existing children." (Kero 2559).

This study seems to show that society has changed so dramatically that if a woman can set her priorities before even having an abortion, that same woman can continue her life with no psychological affects at all.

What is even more interesting about the study is that it purports that "women generally are able to make the complex decision to have an abortion without suffering regret or negative effects, as ascertained at the 1-year follow-up." There are two reasons why this is interesting, first; that we as a society are now at a point where some individuals no longer feel any compunction at all over the killing of a child, and secondly; that the study believes that long-term is one year. Long-term to most entities would be presumed at more than one-year and would probably be closer to ten or twenty years.

It would have been nice to have data reflecting studies from a lot longer time frame than one year to ascertain the 'long-term' effects vs. The short-term effects of only one year.

What this researcher also found enlightening was that the population of those working in the psychological field can accept many 'syndrome' type findings, but when it comes to a syndrome espoused by those who believe women who have abortions are affected by a post-abortion depression syndrome, those same psychological experts show scorn and disdain for such espousals.

One study agrees, stating that; "since the 1960's mental health professionals...have recognized disorders such as postpartum depression....can have a negative psychological impact on both mother and child these same constituencies have almost universally rejected the existence of Post Abortion Syndrome because of the lack of supporting scientific evidence or strong political support. (Psychology pg 117).

Other studies show that women no longer feel that abortion is anything more than an everyday procedure.