Is this what women choose?

The following repercussions to abortion have been cited by the Elliot Institute a nonprofit organization that studies the effects abortion has on women:

1. 31% of women having abortions report suffering physical health complications

2. 10% of women having abortions suffer immediate, potentially life-threatening complications

3. Women have a 65% higher risk of clinical depression following abortion vs. childbirth

4. 65% of women suffer symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after abortion

5. Women’s death rates from various causes after abortion are 3.5 times higher than after giving birth 

6. Many women describe their experience as ‘a nightmare’, which can hardly be equated with ‘choice’. 60% of women surveyed after abortion responded that: ’Part of me died’

7. Suicide rates among women who have abortions are six times higher than those who give birth

8. Abortion increases a woman’s risk of future miscarriages by 60%