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David Fergusson is a pro-abortion researcher whose 2006 study found a higher rate of depression and other mental health problems among post-abortive women.\u00a0The study revealed that 42% of women who had undergone abortions within the previous four years suffered from depression at more than double the rate of women who hadn\u2019t had abortions and higher than the rate of those who had given birth. The study also found higher rates of substance abuse, anxiety, and suicidal behavior in women who had undergone abortions.<\/p>\n

According to an article in the\u00a0New Zealand Herald<\/a>:<\/p>\n

[Fergusson] is “pro-choice” personally, but he admits his latest research – which suggests a strong link between abortion and mental illness – is liable to be used and misused as ammunition by the pro-life brigade.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s as if Fergusson believes the efforts of pro-life individuals to warn women about the mental health risks of abortion and protect them from that is somehow \u201cmisusing\u201d his research.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Abortion did not solve my \u2018problem.\u2019 It sent me into a deep depression.<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

However, it seems that abortion<\/a> advocates are attempting to hide the truth. According to Fergusson, many of the medical journals he approached refused to publish the study. He explained, “We went to four journals, which is very unusual for us – we normally get accepted the first time.” This makes it clear that the scientific and medical community is biased against research that shows the risks of abortion.<\/p>\n

One pro-choice organization, the Abortion Supervisory Committee, tried to pressure Fergusson not to publish the study. They said that publishing the results in an \u201cunclarified state\u201d would cause it to become \u201ca political football.\u201d They clearly worried that the study would compromise the pro-choice claim that abortion doesn\u2019t cause mental health problems and hurt the pro-abortion movement.<\/p>\n

Fergusson said it would be \u201cscientifically irresponsible\u201d not to publish the study and compared it to a study that found an adverse reaction to a medication. He said at the time:<\/p>\n

It verges on scandalous that a surgical procedure that is performed on over one in 10 women [in New Zealand] has been so poorly researched and evaluated, given the debates about the psychological consequences of abortion.<\/em><\/p>\n

He said no one can accuse him of pro-life bias, adding, “I’m pro-choice but I’ve produced results which, if anything, favour a pro-life viewpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fergusson also said that when he and the researchers set out to do the study, they expected to find that abortion doesn\u2019t<\/em> lead to higher rates of mental illness. However, the conclusion they came to was the opposite of this. Fortunately, they had the integrity to publish the study anyway, despite multiple journals turning it down and pressure from at least one pro-choice group.<\/p>\n

Additional other studies have long shown\u00a0a link between abortion and depression<\/a> as well as suicidal thoughts and suicide.<\/p>\n

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David Fergusson is a pro-abortion researcher whose 2006 study found a higher rate of depression and other mental health problems among post-abortive women.\u00a0The study revealed that 42% of women who had undergone abortions within the previous four years suffered from depression at more than double the rate of women who hadn\u2019t had abortions and higher […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":243908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4,3473],"tags":[14419,934,14421,10571,14420,1362,1578,3890,14422],"yoast_head":"\nMedical journals refused to publish pro-abortion researcher's study linking abortion and depression<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A pro-choice researcher discovered a link between abortion and an increased risk of depression years ago, but medical journals refused to publish his study.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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