The Co-Founder of a post-abortive group known as Silent No More Awareness Campaign, Georgette Forney, has lambasted a Danish study, which had stated that women undergoing abortions were not at an increased risk of developing mental health conditions. Apart from that, she opined, the study did not in particular address the problem of women, who did not seek psychiatric help after developing depression.

The research that has borne the brunt of Forney’s angst spanned a period of almost 13-years and was carried out from 1995 to 2007. It had concluded that an abortion was not likely to result in a woman suffering depression.

Though, it did mention that women undergoing the procedure were found to be suffering from depression and anxiety, when they sought professional help. It was also reported by experts involved in the study that a mere 15 women in a thousand had sought help after undergoing an abortion.

The total number of people involved in the study numbered at 84,620 females, which included both teenagers and older women. The mental health status of all the women was determined after researchers checked all national health registries to check if the subjects had sought professional psychiatric help.

Talking about mental health among women post-abortion, Forney informed that she herself out of personal experience had suffered immense mental agony after choosing the procedure.