95% US women do not regret abortion
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MORE than 95 percent of women surveyed in a US study said they didn’t regret having an abortion and felt that the procedure was the right decision for them.
Researchers at the University of California’s San Francisco School of Medicine followed more than 600 women who underwent the procedure from 30 medical facilities over a three-year period and regularly assessed how they felt about the choice they made.
The women, aged 25 on average and from different racial and social backgrounds, were asked a series of questions including what had prompted them to terminate the pregnancy, what emotions the decision provoked and if they still thought it was the right thing to do.
“Women overwhelmingly felt abortion was the right decision in both the short-term and over three years, and the intensity of emotions and frequency of thinking about the abortion declined over time,” the study concluded.
Abortion rights are hotly debated and are an increasingly politicized topic in the United States.
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