Effects of Abortion

Physical

• Damage to a woman's reproductive organs and her future ability to have children
• With each abortion, her future ability to have children decreases

Psychological

Post Abortion Syndrome (PAS):

• Denial and repression of emotions.
• Avoidance patterns which can lead to isolation.
• Emotional numbness.
• Violence or aggression towards themselves or others.

Negative health affects due to prolonged PAS or stress

• Sleep problems insomnia, nightmares, and hearing a baby crying.
• Back pain, abdominal cramps, and skin irritations, non-hormonal PMT.
• Sexual difficulties cervical pain, frigidity, etc.
• Eating disorders excessive weight gain or loss, anorexia, bulimia.
• Trouble with relationships and intimacy in general.
• Self-punishing and self-degrading behaviors (promiscuity, entering abusive relationships, becoming accident-prone).
• Preoccupation with the abortion child, resulting in anniversary reactions- stress, tension, etc.
• Many women suffer from depression, turn to drugs or alcohol, and have recurring thoughts of suicide.
• Trauma because an unborn baby has been destroyed.