Mental Health Disorders: Article Analysis
The article, “Study: Abortion increases rate of mental health disorders,” discusses the controversy about if abortion increases the risk of mental health disorders. The article explains the pro-life argument that abortions increase the risk of women having psychological problems. Evidence shows that this conclusion is inconsistent because much of the data is scarce. The essay explains how researchers have not been able to reliably track the effects of abortion due to lack of termination reports in specific states and flaws in statistics. A professor, Paul Sullins, conducted a recent study regarding four different groups of women and comparing them to seven mental health issues. His study took into consideration problems such as rape, violence,
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In my opinion, the real debate is whether having an abortion or carrying to term will result in less psychological damage. The evidence from the article brings up a point that people believe that having an abortion will “result in less anxiety, constraint, pain, and mental distress than will bringing a pregnancy to term.” Sullin’s statement can be argued in some situations that having an abortion will cause more mental damage in comparison to the struggles of caring for an unwanted child or one with a medical condition. In my opinion, this is the real debate between the pro-life and the pro-choice groups. In any situation regarding whether to have an abortion, the debate is which decision will cause the least amount of mental and emotional pain for the female. The unborn child always comes into conflict, but from a psychological perspective we focus on the well-being of ourselves. My evaluation of the article is that is directly applies to my question about the discrepancy on the debates of the psychological effects of abortion. The article brought an interesting standpoint to focusing more on the effects of women than the assumed focus of an unborn child. The essay introduced both standpoints to give the reader the opportunity to question scientific evidence and our focus on the avoidance of
In my opinion, the real debate is whether having an abortion or carrying to term will result in less psychological damage. The evidence from the article brings up a point that people believe that having an abortion will “result in less anxiety, constraint, pain, and mental distress than will bringing a pregnancy to term.” Sullin’s statement can be argued in some situations that having an abortion will cause more mental damage in comparison to the struggles of caring for an unwanted child or one with a medical condition. In my opinion, this is the real debate between the pro-life and the pro-choice groups. In any situation regarding whether to have an abortion, the debate is which decision will cause the least amount of mental and emotional pain for the female. The unborn child always comes into conflict, but from a psychological perspective we focus on the well-being of ourselves. My evaluation of the article is that is directly applies to my question about the discrepancy on the debates of the psychological effects of abortion. The article brought an interesting standpoint to focusing more on the effects of women than the assumed focus of an unborn child. The essay introduced both standpoints to give the reader the opportunity to question scientific evidence and our focus on the avoidance of