"More than 50 years of international psychological research shows that having an abortion is not linked to mental health problems, but restricting access to safe, legal abortions does cause harm. Research shows people who are denied abortions have worse physical and mental health, as well as worse economic outcomes than those who seek and receive them." -Abrams, Z. (2023, April 21). The facts about abortion and mental health. Monitor on Psychology, 53(6). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/09/news-facts-abortion-mental-health

"at the University of California, San Francisco, served to debunk the belief that people who get abortions experience deep regret, grief, or even posttraumatic stress disorder. Instead, the most commonly felt emotion is relief (Rocca, C. H., et al., Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 248, 2020)"

"The women in the Turnaway Study who were denied an abortion reported more anxiety symptoms and stress, lower self-esteem, and lower life satisfaction than those who received one (JAMA Psychiatry, Vol. 74, No. 2, 2017)."

"Not only would decriminalizing abortion reduce the country’s healthcare costs and allocation of resources to treat extreme blood loss and other complications of unsafe abortions, but it would also allow more women to enter the workforce and raise the country’s GDP per capita. As Rodgers reports, “liberalizing abortion laws can have positive spillover effects for women’s educational attainment and labor supply.”" -Harvard