Study reveals that more women commit suicide when abortion is restricted in the US.

More women of reproductive age commit suicide when access is limited access to abortion in USAsuggesting a link between restrictions on legal termination of pregnancy and suicide risk, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.

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The authors of the research analyzed suicide data and crossed it with anti-abortion laws passed at the state level since 1974 -a year after the Supreme Court issued its decision in the Roe v. Wade case, which until this year served as a legal precedent for the protection of abortion – until 2016.

They found that in territories where laws restricting the procedure were passed, there was a “significant increase” in suicides among women of reproductive age, Jonathan Zanberg, one of the study authors, explained in a statement.

Zanberg, who works in the finance department at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, had already shown in a previous study that limiting access to abortion reduces women’s job aspirations.

The authors believe their findings have clear implications for healthcare and policy, especially after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last June, removing constitutional protections for abortion.

Following his decision, a large number of conservative-ruled states decided to ban the procedure, and some Democratic politicians have long warned that Republican lawmakers in the US Congress could try to take advantage of the situation to ban abortion nationwide.

“Regardless of what you take on all of this, it’s in the news, it’s everywhere. The women who internalize these stories are those who will be affected the most by these restrictions,” explained Rebecca Waller, another of the authors.

Source: Elcomercio

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