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Women who have abortions face an “increased risk of mental health-related hospitalization” compared to those who carry their pregnancies to term, according to a recent study.

Last month, the Journal of Psychiatric Research published a study by researchers with the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, University of Sherbrooke and McGill University, titled “ Induced abortion and implications for long-term mental health: a cohort study of 1.2 million pregnancies .”

Researchers oversaw a retrospective cohort study of 28,721 induced abortions and approximately 1.22 million births at hospitals in Quebec, Canada, between 2006 and 2022.

They followed up with women after their pregnancies to identify any mental health-related hospitalizations to see if there was a link

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