The first of the three, published in the prestigious British Medical Journal (2002; 24:151-2), found that women who women who have abortions are at significantly greater risk of clinical depression than women who carry their unintended pregnancies to term.
The second study, from the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (2002; 72(1): 141-52), reveals that abortion was most strongly associated with higher rates of subsequent treatment for neurotic depression, bipolar disorder, adjustment reactions, and schizophrenic disorders.