Wounded Women: The Consequences of 'Choice'
Evidence undermines the pro-abortion utilitarian’s claim that abortion benefits women overall, increasing their happiness and well-being. On the contrary, abortion often results in physical complications (especially following medically unsupervised chemical abortion), mental health complications, future pregnancy complications, and the tragic loss of a child most women would have preferred to give birth to had they not been pressured, coerced, or lacked the support necessary to follow through with the pregnancy. It should also be noted that there is some evidence, particularly from Eastern Europe, that when abortion restrictions are enacted promiscuous behavior declines, effective contraceptive use increases, and unintended pregnancies decline—all of which might help lead to fewer abortions overall, and so fewer of the attendant harms to women. Read more...