Post Abortion Syndrome reveals itself in a variety of ways, including:

• Substance and Alcohol Abuse: “It is common for substance abuse to be seen posttrauma,” said Dr. Vincent Rue, author of Post-abortion Trauma: Controversy, Diagnosis & Treatment. He also found that “Individuals relying upon illegal or prescription drugs attempt to self-medicate to avoid disturbing symptoms, including intrusive thoughts, nightmares, flashbacks etc.”

• Admittance to Hospitals: There is a 50% higher incidence of women admitted to psychiatric hospital care after they had an abortion compared to women after they delivered a child, finds Henry David in a 1981 article for Family Planning Perspectives.

• Child Abuse: “Having an abortion may decrease an individual's instinctual restraint against the occasional rage felt toward those dependent on her care. When abortion increases guilt and self-hatred, the parent may displace it onto a child,” wrote Philip Ney in a 1979 article for the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. (Source: Culture of Life Foundation, Washington, D.C.)