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Suicide Crisis 6 times greater in Post Abortion

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"The worst part of the pain is there's no one to share it with."

"She was crying when she entered the clinic, she cried throughout the procedure, and was sobbing as she left. But no one at the clinic asked her any questions. ... One week after the abortion, she took her life with a gunshot striking her heart. Three children are growing up without their mom because nobody wanted to ask questions."
–Paulette, about her sister who took her own life

"I truly felt like the abortionist had ripped out my heart and my soul. It was a pain so heavy, on more than one occasion I found myself contemplating suicide. I overdosed on pills more than once. ..." –Geraldine

"My husband told me, "Either you have an abortion, or I'll leave you." –Sandra

"Nobody else in my life had tried to help me ... they would just look down their noses at me for being pregnant." –Cathie

"I needed to be self-destructive so this baby would know that I didn't do it on purpose and I would show it how life was without it. Horrible." –Laura

“With quiet deliberation, I took my handgun from under my pillow. I chambered a round, walked into my living room, sat in a chair, put the gun to my head and pulled the trigger. To this day, I cannot think why the gun did not fire … I find it amazing in retrospect, how we can function so well in front of others, while suffering like that.” –Janet

“A few days afterwards, I began to feel relief. I wasn’t pregnant anymore. I felt pretty good. But I did not escape the aftermath of abortion.
I had nightmares and recurring dreams about my baby. I couldn’t work my job. I just laid in my bed and cried. Once, I wept so hard I sprained my ribs. Another time while crying, I was unable to breathe and I passed out.” –Karen in Aborted Women, Silent No More

“I cracked up my car three times, driving recklessly at extreme speeds. My life became a series of self-destructive calamities.” –Francine in Forbidden Grief

“My sister has since had two stillbirths–as a family we have grieved and empathized with her and her husband’s dreadful pain. … When my mom says no one in the family has experienced pain like my sister my heart cries out silently: I have.
–Katarina in Giving Sorrow Words

“The worst part of the pain is there’s no one to share it with, I wouldn’t tell anyone and my husband, being a typical man, just shuts down and gets on with things — doesn’t know why I’m ‘still going on about it.' ... Not a day goes by when I don’t think about it. ... I wish I could change everything and go back … “ – Anonymous mother of 4, in Giving Sorrow Words

“I am now appalled at how ignorant I was about fetal development. My doctor said the baby—at six-and-a-half weeks—was ‘just a blob,’ and I believed him. Afterwards, before I even got home, I began to cry. It didn't help. When finally I stopped crying on the outside, I kept crying on the inside. … I felt cheated, betrayed, and manipulated. I went to counseling and the psychologist said ‘Forgive yourself,’ and ‘Let yourself go on.’ She didn't say how.” –- Judith

6 times higher suicide rate after Abortion
Two national records-based studies from Finland revealed that aborting women were six-seven times more likely to commit suicide in the following year than were delivering women.

1. Up to 60% have suicidal thoughts
In a survey in a major scientific journal, 36% had thoughts of suicide after abortion.

2.In another survey, approximately 60% of women with post-abortion problems reported suicidal thoughts, with 28% attempting suicide and half of those attempting suicide at least twice.

3. 154% higher risk of suicide
A study of more than 173,000 American women who had been pregnant found that, during the eight years after pregnancy, women who aborted had a 154% higher risk of suicide than those who gave birth.

4. Higher suicide risks for teens
Teen girls are 6 times more likely to attempt suicide if they have had an abortion in the last six months than girls who have not had an abortion, and 2-4 times more likely to commit suicide after abortion compared to adult women.

5.Hope and healing ... The journey is not easy, but there are people who understand ... who share your pain ... who will walk with you toward new healing, restoration and peace. If you need someone to talk with or know of someone who needs HELP and words of HOPE and Life, please have them contact us at www.afterabortion.org

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