• Dr. Anne Catherine Speckard, Of The University Of ...  PRO

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Dr. Anne Catherine Speckard, of the University of Minnesota, reports the following long-term (five to ten years) consequences of abortion:

· 81 percent reported preoccupation with the aborted child

· 73 percent reported flashbacks of the abortion experience

· 54 percent recalled nightmares related to the abortion

· 23 percent reported hallucinations related to the abortion

Josh McDowell, Right From Wrong, 158

One study showed they are more likely to attempt suicide than other women; in other research, psychiatrists reported negative psychological manifestations in 55 percent of women who had undergone legal abortions; and in another