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2002 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depression among women after an unintended first pregnancy is linked to whether they abort or carry to term, conclude researchers from the United States.
Data from a national study of American youths, begun in 1979, was used to conduct the research. In 1992, a subset of 4463 women were surveyed about depression and unintended pregnancy.
A total of 421 women had had their first abortion or first unintended delivery between 1980 and 1992. Among married women, those with a history of abortion were significantly more likely to be at high risk of clinical depression compared with those who delivered unintended pregnancies.
Among unmarried women, rates of high risk depression were similar, regardless of whether they aborted or carried to term. This may be due to the stress unmarried women may experience in raising a child without support or it may be related to this group's higher ...