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==Research==

==Research==

In the year following a pregnancy outcome, women who have an abortion are three times more likely to commit [[suicide]] than women who have not been pregnant and six times more likely to have an abortion than are women who carry to term.  Specifically, A record-based study of [[Finland|Finnish]] women found that in the year following a pregnancy outcome the rate of suicide following abortion was 34.7 per 100,000 compared to 5.9 per 100,000 for women who gave birth, 18.1 per 100,000 for women who had miscarriages, and 11.4 per 100,000 for women who had not been pregnant in the prior year. <ref>Gissler M, Hemminki E, Lonnqvist J. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8973229?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Suicides after pregnancy in Finland: 1987-94: register linkage study.] BMJ 1996;313:1431-4) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/utils/fref.fcgi?PrId=3051&itool=AbstractPlus-def&uid=8973229&db=pubmed&url=http://bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=8973229 Full Text]</ref>

In the year following a pregnancy outcome, women who have an abortion are three times more likely to commit [[suicide]] than women who have not been pregnant and six times more likely to have an abortion than are women who carry to term.  Specifically, A record-based study of [[Finland|Finnish]] women found that in the year following a pregnancy outcome the rate of suicide following abortion was 34.7 per 100,000 compared to 5.9 per 100,000 for women who gave birth, 18.1 per 100,000 for women who had miscarriages, and 11.4 per 100,000 for women who had not been pregnant in the prior year.<ref>Gissler M, Hemminki E, Lonnqvist J. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8973229?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Suicides after pregnancy in Finland: 1987-94: register linkage study.] BMJ 1996;313:1431-4) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/utils/fref.fcgi?PrId=3051&itool=AbstractPlus-def&uid=8973229&db=pubmed&url=http://bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=8973229 Full Text]</ref>

The findings from Finland were met with the objection that higher rates of suicide may be due to higher rates of pre-existing mental illness among women who are more likely to have abortions.  The women who are most likely to have abortions, the theory goes, are more likely to be emotionally unstable and prone to [[suicide]].

The findings from Finland were met with the objection that higher rates of suicide may be due to higher rates of pre-existing mental illness among women who are more likely to have abortions.  The women who are most likely to have abortions, the theory goes, are more likely to be emotionally unstable and prone to [[suicide]].

[http://www.afterabortion.info/research/DeathsAssocWithAbortionJCHLP.pdf This review of the literature on abortion and death rates] is a key resource that can be used to further develop this article.

[http://www.afterabortion.info/research/DeathsAssocWithAbortionJCHLP.pdf This review of the literature on abortion and death rates] is a key resource that can be used to further develop this article.

<ref>Reardon DC, Strahan TW, Thorp JM, Shuping MW. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15239361?ordinalpos=9&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Deaths associated with abortion compared to childbirth: a review of new and old data and the medical and legal implications.] The Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy 2004; 20(2):279-327. [http://www.afterabortion.info/research/DeathsAssocWithAbortionJCHLP.pdf  Full Text] </ref>

<ref>Reardon DC, Strahan TW, Thorp JM, Shuping MW. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15239361?ordinalpos=9&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Deaths associated with abortion compared to childbirth: a review of new and old data and the medical and legal implications.] The Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy 2004; 20(2):279-327. [http://www.afterabortion.info/research/DeathsAssocWithAbortionJCHLP.pdf  Full Text]</ref>

==External Links==

==External links==

[http://www.rachelnetwork.org/deathsassociated.html Rachel Network - good source of information]

* [http://www.rachelnetwork.org/deathsassociated.html Rachel Network - good source of information]

==References==

==References==