FINLAND: A study published in the British Medical Journal reported
that women who have had abortions are "more likely to commit suicide." 
Finland's National Research and Development Center for Welfare and Health
researchers used national records were to check the rate of suicides up to
one year after the end of a pregnancy, whether it ended in birth,
miscarriage or abortion. They wrote: "The suicide rate after an abortion
was three times the general suicide rate and six time that associated with
birth." They also wrote that women are "frequently depressed" after having
a baby, but this rarely translated into suicide: "Short-term postnatal
'blues' are experienced by 45 to 70 percent of women. The initial stress
effect of having a child, however, is transitional, and overall having a
child has positive effects on women's health"  (REUTER, 12/5). 

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