... Carmen Cavada and Wolfram Schultz in their article, "The Mysterious Orbitofrontal Cortex", the orbitofrontal cortex is accepted as the center of many human social and behavioral functions. The psychological disorders associated with prenatal drug and alcohol exposure are likely becoming a serious mental health occurrence. The behavioral issues caused from prenatal drug and alcohol exposure affect more then just the afflicted ... . After the withdrawal ends, a child may be affected for the rest of his or her life. An afflicted person's home, school, and work life are likely to suffer from...

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... illegal in the U.S. because there are three important ways that abortion hurts people worldwide. First, women who choose to have an abortion might suffer psychological damage. If a child is four months or older, a saline abortion is performed in which a doctor fills the area surrounding the unborn fetus with ... which it caves in on itself (No Author). After a woman goes through the procedure of the abortion, she might start having nerve disorders, sleep disorders, regrets, or be recommended for psychiatric care. In fact, nearly half of women who undergo an abortion suffer from post trau...

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... with their age. 3. Tests should not be carried out if there is not sufficient reason to do so. The person tested may face extremely unfavorable outcomes and this may cause psychological distress. Deciding to get married, becoming pregnant, taking some medical precautions before the first symptoms come about and taking financial and career decisions are examples of reasons that justify taking ... to foresee the result of a pregnancy just by prenatal diagnosis tests. Some parents having a Down's syndrome stricken child, report enjoying an emotional and happy life. The situation for late o...

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... scars to a detachment from God and religion can also result. The choice to have an abortion is still under debate but abortion can lead to negative effects on the mother's psychological, physical, and spiritual well being. The health of the mother should be the main concern governing an abortion. Many of the pregnant women that have an abortion tend to regret ... building blocks of Post-Abortion Syndrome. The Post-Abortion Syndrome is better classified as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The syndrome includes symptoms that are characterized as depression, substance abuse, sleep disorders...

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... what gives women the right to destroy God's beauty? Aborting gives higher risks of not being able to get pregnant again. The psychological harm that an abortion do to a woman are countless. Symptoms like unwanted memories, which can be the result of depression and ... abort especially teen girls are more likely to experience emotional problems. Traumatic aftereffect of abortion include the following: suicide, depression, trauma, eating disorders, substance abuse, coercion, guilt and repressed grief. Once a woman get comfortable with aborting being the solution, there're higher probabilit...

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... : feelings of sadness and jealousy when seeing babies, sleep problems, nightmares featuring a baby in danger, strong urges to get pregnant again, flashbacks, anger, guilt, shame, isolation, eating disorders, easily startled by loud noises resembling the suction machine, obsession with pictures of fetuses, relationship problems, difficulty making decisions, fears when pregnant again, viewing later infertility as punishment, suicidal feelings ... for 30 years, so there is no long history of how women react to legal abortion. In addition to causing Post Abortion Stress Syndrome, abortion cau...

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... because as soon as you turn around, there's another one that takes the other side while still being just as convincing. Scientific research has successfully shown that abortion causes many psychological side effects. It leaves the women with many strong feelings about their decisions. They feel sadness, wishing things could have been different, and grief for a lost life. Guilt ... recently discovered Post Abortion Syndrome. According to a study published by Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Valves and Social Change, one in five women studied had diagnosable stress disorders. ...

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... whether or not their decision was right or not. These feelings may lead to more serious grief responses as well as depression. In some cases, it may lead to serious psychological disorders such as major depressive order and post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD). In post-abortion syndrome, which equals PTSD, the symptoms would include depression, guilt, anger, and social and sexual ... If an abortion is not handled correctly and the attempt to fix the mistake fails, a hysterectomy may be performed in which the woman's uterus is taken out completely. If the psychological and physical sid...

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... that they are incapable of caring for the child. However, often, what are not taken into consideration are the negative effects after abortion, psychological and physical. Ultimate results may actually be worse that the problems, which were to be solved to begin with. These after-effects should ... These feelings may lead to more serious grief responses as well as depression. In some cases, it may lead to serious psychological disorders such as major depressive order and post traumatic-stress disorder. The strongest recorded feeling a woman has after an abortion is anger ... women have ...

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... of the downsides and the immoralities of forced abortion. Hence, pressured abortion is considered as an unethical action because it can harm the mother specifically on her psychological status, subsequent pregnancy and faith in society. Psychological effects depend on the wantedness of the pregnancy. For instance, a woman who terminates an unwanted pregnancy might find the abortion psychologically advantageous instead of continuing the ... . Moreover, the mother most likely to experience post-traumatic stress disorder which can lead to other mental health illnesses such as depression, lo...

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... . Also 15 percent of it should be illegal in all cases. Although abortion is regarded as a women's right, it should be banned with exceptions because it's considered murder, has many psychological side effects and there is an alternative. Abortion is a women's own right and choice. In 1973 the Roe v. Wade decision proved this by recognizing abortion as a fundamental constitution right and ... noise, has feeling and fears. To have an abortion it will destroy an innocent life which is directly connected to murder. Scientific research has successfully shown that abortion causes many psychol...

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... incest. Also 15 percent b eveit should be illegal in all cases. Although abortion is regarded as a women's right, it should be banned with exceptions because it's considered murder, has many psychological side effects and there is an alternative. Abortion is a women's own right and choice. In 1973 the Roe v. Wade decision proved this by recognizing abortion as a fundamental constitution right and ... noise, has feeling and fears. To h ave an abortion it will destroy an innocent life which is directly connected to murder. Scientific research has successfully shown that abortion causes ma...

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... incest. Also 15 percent b eveit should be illegal in all cases. Although abortion is regarded as a women's right, it should be banned with exceptions because it's considered murder, has many psychological side effects and there is an alternative. Abortion is a women's own right and choice. In 1973 the Roe v. Wade decision proved this by recognizing abortion as a fundamental constitution right and ... noise, has feeling and fears. To h ave an abortion it will destroy an innocent life which is directly connected to murder. Scientific research has successfully shown that abortion causes ma...

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... incest. Also 15 percent b eveit should be illegal in all cases. Although abortion is regarded as a women's right, it should be banned with exceptions because it's considered murder, has many psychological side effects and there is an alternative. Abortion is a women's own right and choice. In 1973 the Roe v. Wade decision proved this by recognizing abortion as a fundamental constitution right and ... noise, has feeling and fears. To have an abortion it will destroy an innocent life which is directly connected to murder. Scientific research has successfully shown that abortion causes man...

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... range from bleeding, hemorrhage, laceration of the cervix, menstrual disturbance, inflammation of the reproductive organs, future miscarriages, and even death. Scientific evidence has also shown that abortions can cause psychological problems as well. In March of 1989 a congressional hearing on the impact of abortion was held. Psychologist Wanda Franz, Ph.D., told the Congressional Panel, "They report horrible nightmares ... a mother." Researchers on the after effects of abortion also identified Post Abortion Syndrome. Women who suffer from Post Abortion Syndrome may experience: drug and ...

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... in her body. This concept follows the recent legalization of abortion under the democratic rule in America and legal operation of the abortion and family planning clinics. Discussion Abortion causes psychological retributions that relate to the morality of the matter. Pregnancy happens as a result of intercourse whether conventional or non-consensual. Many women get pregnant through irresponsible behavior such as ... . People know that abortion poses as a risk factor rather than causal for mental health issues such as depression, guilt, regret, insomnia, suicidal thoughts, shame, anger, ...

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... the first, second or third trimester. The fetus is being killed and removed from the womb. Besides the fact that abortion takes a life, there are many physical and psychological traumas after an abortion has taken place. According to the "Eclipse of Reason" documentary, women experience 7,500 serious physical complications yearly, like major hemorrhages, perforated uterus ... , serious infections, and hysterectomies. Psychological problems are very common in women after they had an abortion. Many of them are deteriorating emotionally, especially combined with the change in their hormonal...

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... side effects won't remind you of the fact that- it was, once a part of You! Dr Vincent Rue and Speckhard, in their writings about abortion, they emphasize that the psychological effects of terminating pregnancy should not be underestimated and that, although abortion may indeed function as a "stress reliever" by eliminating unwanted pregnancy, in most of the cases, as side effect ... a wanted child, worries about future pregnancies, ambivalence about abortion itself and guilt- terrible guilt." These feelings may lead to more serious grief responses as well as depression and to serious ps...

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... organization of American Adoption, the range of an adoption waiting time is from at least three months up to more than five years. Considering the possibility of the physical and psychological side effects as well as losing potential contributors to the greater good, and a long waiting list of adoptive parents, choosing adoption may be a better choice than abortion. There ... are several methods of abortion followed by possible physical and psychological side effects. According to National Right to Life, in abortion techniques, suction aspiration uses a suction device to sharp end to th...

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... own selfishness and do the risk factors out weigh the goal? Terminating a pregnancy is not only morally wrong; it causes physical and psychological problems for women as well. The fifth commandment that God has given us is "thou shall not kill." There are women that will ... , they could make better decisions on how to handle unwanted pregnancies. The third reason America should make abortions illegal is because of the severe psychological problems abortion has on a woman. Some of these problems include depression, insomnia, dreams and nightmares, flash backs, anniversary reactions, lowe...

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... bring up babies. Worst of all, it would condemn victims of incest to carry and nurture the offspring of their rapist. Scientific research has successfully shown that abortion causes many psychological side effects( mental). It leaves the woman with many strong feelings about their decision. They feel sadness, wishing things could have been different and grief for a lost life. Guilt ... after the abortion have found that between 40 and 60 percent of women questioned report negative reactions(study). Within 8 weeks after their abortions, 55% expressed guilt, 44% complained of nervous disor...

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... taken under strict governmental control, because it carries risk to a mother's reproductive health and her life. Abortion is known to be associated with a small increase in the risk of mental disorders; women who had abortions had rates of mental disorder that were about thirty percent higher (3). Over the past two decades there has been increasing research into mental health outcomes associated ... of abortion laws should be more restricted towards women, who are about to have an induced abortion, because mentally healthy woman put themselves at a risk to suffer from post abortion psyc...

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... Induced Abortion"). Another reason why abortion is beneficial to women is that abortion gives women the option to terminate a fetus with severe abnormalities. In many cases, fetuses have profound disorders that will lead to death during pregnancy or shortly after birth. In such situations, it would be better to terminate the pregnancy, rather than force the woman to carry a deformed ... it is a medically safe choice and ignore the severe mental instability that can follow, or does one disagree with women's right to choose in order to protect the woman from psychological trauma?" Another...

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... getting pregnant by the rapist. Author Ana Maria Jaramillo writes an article about pregnancy resulting from rape and states, "that rape can bring about long-term physical and emotional disorders, affecting the victim's life in countless ways. Victims of rape are more prone to suicide, depression and sexual dysfunction and are vulnerable in many other ways to disillusionment and unhappiness ... an unhappy life. Living with the fact that their father sexually assaulted their mother and now knowing that they have a rapist's genes running through them may cause them to have psychological pr...

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... for abnormal or missing gene products. Carrier testing can be used to help couples to learn if they carry - and thus risk passing to their children - a recessive allele for inherited disorders such as cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia, or Tay-Sachs disease. Genetic tests - biochemical, chromosomal, and DNA-based - also are widely available for the prenatal diagnosis of conditions such as ... sensory impairments, perceive themselves as healthy, happy, and not sick individuals. I do not deny that disability can entail physical pain, psychic anguish, and social isolation-even if much of ...

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