I recently sampled statistics on womens' health after abortion. Here are some chilling facts:
*Post-abortive women are five times more likely to say they abuse drugs or alcohol than women who deliver their children.
*A study from New Zealand reports "Approximately 42% of women with a history of abortion had experienced major depression in the last four years-nearly double the rate of women who had not been pregnant, and 35% higher than women who had live births".
*A study conducted in Finland found suicide rates among post-abortive women were six times higher than for women who gave birth to their children.
This is but a tiny sample of the documented negative effects of abortion on women. Visit www.afterabortion.org for more information.
Swaziland is beginning to see the importance of protecting and promoting women's well-being. Abortion threatens the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of women. Abortion has no place in the effort to uplift women. Instead, let us support women through difficult pregnancies and circumstances, that they and their children may prosper in life.
Rudy Poglitsh
rpoglitsh@live.com
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