Welcome to a breakpoint, a daily look, and an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

In a recent article on National Review, Wesley J. Smith described a new study of over one million women in Quebec from 2006 to 2022.

The study found, and I quote here, compared with live births and stillbirths, patients

with induced abortions had a greater risk of admission for psychiatric disorders, substance

use disorders, and suicide attempts over time. Also, and I quote again, abortion was associated

with the long-term risk of hospitalization for psychiatric disorders,

substance use disorders, and suicide attempts in models adjusted for age, comorbidity,

pre-existing mental illness, material deprivation, rural residence, and time period. And abortion

was more strongly associated with eating disorders, hallucinogen use disorders,

and cocaine use disorders, end quote.

Now, this isn't the first study to find that abortion, in addition to killing an innocent

preborn child, is harmful to women.

Back in April, the pro-life group Live Action reported on another study that indicated that

that 11% of women who undergo chemical abortion

suffer a serious adverse event. That's a number that's far higher than anything

has been reported by the FDA. Quote, this means one in 10 women experience at least one

serious complication from taking Mifiphristone within 45 days. That's 22 times higher than the

quote-unquote less than 0.5% serious adverse events rate that's reported by the FDA on the

Miffa-Pristone label, according to the study. The study author state that serious adverse events

in multiple categories were accounted for in the reported

rate, end quote.

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