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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYT report- "What Happens to Women Who Are Denied Abortions?"
This 6 page report by Joshua Lang talks about a topic many right to life people don't really want to look at.
Most studies on the effects of abortion compare women who have abortions with those who choose to carry their pregnancies to term. It is like comparing people who are divorced with people who stay married, instead of people who get the divorce they want with the people who dont. Foster saw this as a fundamental flaw. By choosing the right comparison groups women who obtain abortions just before the gestational deadline versus women who miss that deadline and are turned away Foster hoped to paint a more accurate picture. Do the physical, psychological and socioeconomic outcomes for these two groups of women differ? Which is safer for them, abortion or childbirth? Which causes more depression and anxiety? I tried to measure all the ways in which I thought having a baby might make you worse off, Foster says, and the ways in which having a baby might make you better off, and the same with having an abortion.
Read the Full story @ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/magazine/study-women-denied-abortions.html?pagewanted=1&ref=general&src=me
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NYT report- "What Happens to Women Who Are Denied Abortions?" (Original Post)
Lady Freedom Returns
Jun 2013
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blkmusclmachine
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SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)2. rec!
Arkansas Granny
(31,515 posts)3. Long, but worth the read.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)4. Kick