Risk factors predictive of post-abortion distress demonstrate that most abortions are contraindicated: A retrospective cross-sectional study.
For Christian physicians, it is clear that induced abortion is a moral evil precisely because it involves the deliberate destruction of a human life. But there is also clear evidence that induced abortion is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, gestational diabetes mellitus, thyroid-related diseases, placenta-related diseases, and Asherman syndrome increased risk of premature and low birth weight deliveries in subsequent pregnancies, and premature death from multiple causes. Even more common than physical sequelae, abortion is an independent risk factor for the onset or worsening of mental illnesses, as demonstrated in both record linkage studies and case-control studies. These and other studies have firmly established that abortion may trigger, exacerbate, complicate or otherwise contribute to new or existing mental illnesses.