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pro Women 

 Supporting a woman's social, emotional, mental,  physical and spiritual needs, by providing a framework that they can easily access to assist them in making informed choices, empowering women from diverse backgrounds to make decisions.

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We do this through a network of charities all geared to support women at any stage in their life.

10% Mental Illness in Women attributed to Abortion

Meta-Analysis of 877,181 women 163,831 of whom had experienced abortion found, an overall 81% increased risk of mental illness: Specifically abortion increased the risk of:

  • Suicidal behaviour by 155%

  • Anxiety disorders by 34%

  • Depression by 37%

  • Alcohol use/abuse by 110%

  • Marijuana use/abuse by 220%

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Compare to women who delivered:

  •  Risk to mental health increased by 138%

  • ‘Unintended pregnancy’, risk to mental health increased by 55%.

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Coleman Priscilla K. ‘Abortion and mental health:

quantitative synthesis and analysis of research published 1995-2009’,

The British Journal of Psychiatry (2011) 199: 180-186 .doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.110.07723.

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