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Canadian study finds mental-health complaints rise after abortions
September 02, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: A new study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research has found that women who procure abortions are twice as likely to be hospitalized for mental-health problems as women who give birth.
The study of 1.2 million Quebec women concluded that “rates of mental-health-related hospitalization were higher following induced abortions than other pregnancies.”
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