Majority of women, who had an abortion, suffer from psychological or physical traumas. Some women cannot forgive themselves and live with feeling of guilt till end of life.

Others feel keenly during long period - more than 5 years. This conclusion was made by Norwegian scientists. They observed psychological condition of women, who lost child as a result of miscarriage or who decided to have abortion. According to investigations, women, who lost baby as a result of miscarriage, suffer more than those, who chose abortion for some reason, only during first, relatively short period. 47.5% of women were especially upset during 10 days after miscarriage.

Among women, who had abortion, this percentage was about 30. But after long period of time (5 years) amount of women, who feel consequences of psychological trauma, reduced to 2.6% among having miscarriage and remained at level of 26% among women, who had abortion.

To determine psychological state of women, the authors of experiment used special psychological tests. Authors of investigation think that doctors must pay more attention to struggle with feeling of guilt and anxiety among patients, who by some reasons lost a child.
sections: Nature & Health