Eclipse Of Reason: Physiological Effects Of Abortion

Camryn Chandler

December 1, 2016

Abortion Effects

There are many physiological effects towards abortions many people may state. Others disagree stating there is no physiological impact. This research is very opinion based because everything is so biased. What really happens when babies are aborted. A 1987 pro-life documentary, Eclipse of Reason directed, filmed, and narrated by Bernard Nathanson, with an introduction by Charlton Hesston. Eclipse of Reason is a follow up to Nathanson’s first film The Silent Scream. They were not always pro-life though. They believed that abortion was fine and that there was no physiological impact towards abortions. They conducted a study which focuses on the limbs of the fetus while in the womb then continues

Fergusson, L. John Horwood, Joseph M. Boden. This research was a lot less people than the first one but still had different results, proving that research is strongly biased. Research on the links between abortion and mental health has been limited by design problems and little to no or weak evidence. To examine the links between abortion outcomes and mental health outcomes. Data were gathered on the pregnancy and mental health history of abortion on over 500 women studied to the age of 30. The results, abortion was associated with a slight increase in the risk of mental disorders; women who had abortions had rates of mental disorder that were about 30% higher. There was no relationship between other pregnancy outcomes and mental health. Estimates of attributable risk indicated that having an abortion accounted for about 1.5% to 5.5% of the overall rate of mental disorders (Abortion). Conclusions, the evidence is consistent with the view that abortion may be related with a slight increase in risk of mental disorders. Other pregnancy outcomes were not related to increased risk of mental health

This review identified several factors that are of a more negative mental responses following first-trimester abortion among women in the United States. Those factors included social stigma, need for secrecy, and low or anticipated social support for the abortion decision; a prior history of mental health problems; changes in mood or personality, such as low self-esteem and use of avoidance and denial coping strategies (APA). Many of these same factors also predict negative mental reactions to other types of difficult life events, hence, are not uniquely predictive of mental responses following abortion. Well organized, intensely conducted scientific research would help untwine confounding factors and establish true risks of abortion compared to other research, as well as factors associated with all kinds of different risk following abortion. Even with that, there is unlikely to be any study that will determine the mental health problems of abortion “once and for all” given the diversity and complexity of women and their