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unintended pregnancy
Complications:
- unintended pregnancies before abortions became legal in the United States reported more depressive episodes decades later [1]
- anxiety & depression later in life may be more common in women denied abortions [2,3]
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pregnancy (gestation)
References
- Yager J
Unintended Pregnancies Can Worsen Mental Health Later in Life
NEJM Journal Watch. Feb 26, 2015
Massachusetts Medical Society
(subscription needed) http://www.jwatch.org
- Herd P et al.
The implications of unintended pregnancies for mental health
in later life.
Am J Public Health 2016 Mar; 106:421
PMID: 26691118
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302973
- Biggs MA, Neuhaus JM, Foster DG
Mental Health Diagnoses 3 Years After Receiving or Being
Denied an Abortion in the United States.
Am J Public Health. 2015 Dec;105(12):2557-63.
PMID: 26469674 Free PMC Article
- Foster DG, Steinberg JR, Roberts SC et al
A comparison of depression and anxiety symptom trajectories
between women who had an abortion and women denied one.
Psychol Med. 2015 Jul;45(10):2073-82.
PMID: 25628123