There is a sealing over of the whole experience. Denial, the death of a child or a close relative, repression, or erasing from conscious awareness can lead the individual to not think of the abortion for some time afterwards. But to do this requires a good bit of mental energy. When memories do begin to come back, there may be dreams of the baby or recollections of the abortion clinic. Often guilt and grief might begin to appear.
Depression is one of the first signs, along with anxiety and irritability.
Sometimes we see repeated pregnancies, as if the individual is trying to replace the aborted baby. There may be difficulty concentrating, inefficiency in work, and a blunting of memory. With all cases of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, frustration tolerance is down, and the individual is likely to explode in anger at limited provocation and might well hurt someone. I read a journal article in which the writer made the point that people have a strong natural drive to recreate themselves by having children, but in our time there has been a progressive devaluing of children. Once we begin to abort them, their value declines even further.