Social Issue Analysis and Response
The Long-Term Risks of APro-ChoiceLife:
A Critical Analysis
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The Correlation Between Pro-Choice and Mental Health
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While the pro-choice platform allows women to take control of their reproductive health,
there are several significant mental health risks involved. Women have the right to end their
pregnancies in the immediate, but the aforementioned negative outcomes can potentially remain
a constant long after the physical procedure. There is a strong research-based consensus that
there arenumerous risk factors that can be used to identify which womenare at greatest risk of
negative psychological outcomes following one or more abortions (Reardon, 2018).Does the
freedom of choice cost women their overall health? Is the pro-choice lifestyle educating women
to implement safer sex practices by helping them to understanding not only the physical, but
mental post-procedural risks? If a woman desires to receive multiple abortions, strengthening her
risk, how can this be safe? This paper will seek to present an argument that contradicts the
foundation of the pro-choice position and assumptions. While this paper does not aim to
demonstrate bias in stating that abortion procedures are unethical and assume a pro-life stance,
but to present evidence of the mental health risks.
Abortion, long regarded as a topic of taboo is a multi-layered and complex clash of
beliefs, opinions, ethics, and constitutional rights. In a post Roe. Vs. Wade world, there is no
right or wrong, but research to help determine validity to the procedure pro-choice driven
decisions. There are some circumstantial scenarios wherein a woman needs an abortion, such as
being a victim of sexual assault, or mitigating a life-threatening condition life an ectopic
pregnancy. From this, we can infer that an abortion for this specific demographic will occur
seldomly. Consider women with unwanted pregnancies who receive multiple abortions, or
women who may be pro-choice advocates who ignore the risks simply because they have the
right to the procedure—is there validity to their procedures after two to three, or is there a
question of ethics knowing the imposed mental health risks?