QuestionI am not considering an abortion but I would like some facts about abortion,
especially the effects it has on teenagers. I am doing research for my English
class and I feel that this would be an enlightening subject. If you would be so
kind as to give me some feed back I would greatly appreciate it. Thank You
AnswerCassandra, the site seems to want to discourage us from helping with homework questions. That said, I'll give you some sources, because this should be your own work. There is some evidence that abortion can cause more severe damage in teenagers than older women. One of the biggest dangers, not readily known, is that it makes a woman more prone to breast cancer. There are several problems. The first is that it is a first pregnancy. Another is that it delays the completion of a first pregnancy. For some reason, this information is being contested by some people, although the greater majority of the studies shows a problem. Here is a link to more information:
http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/
You are asking mainly about the emotional effects, so here is a site that gets into that question:
http://afterabortion.info/reasmor.html
http://afterabortion.info/moreart.html
Some of these studies have been published in peer-reviewed journals.
A good source of information on the emotional consequences is this one:
http://www.afterabortion.com/
It is run by a woman who has had several abortions, and who believes it should be legal. Warning: the site is huge! But there is a lot of good information there, including a lot of personal experiences of women.
There are other sites that go into other aspects, so if you would like to have this information, let me know. Good luck with your paper!
