One study found that one out of every three teenagers who aborted showed signs of emotional aftermath. Another study reported that less than one-fourth of teens who aborted were able to cope with the aftermath of their abortion in an undestructive manner. Silent No More . Although there has been some exploration of abortion's effects on women and girls, virtually nothing has been done to understand how abortion affects fathers. Because abortion is portrayed as a woman's issue, men often feel powerless when their partner decides to have an abortion.
Men naturally feel a biological imperative to parent.
When a man feels he doesn't have any say in the decision to be a father it causes an additional psychological stress. A small number of men have spoken out about their feelings of grief and loss following the abortion of their children. For the most part, however, abortion's impact on men has been ignored. The data and analysis regarding post-abortion emotional distress remains sparse, yet more and more people are beginning to recognize that the agony of abortion does not end when a woman leaves an abortion clinic. Support groups are forming to meet the emotional needs of women who have had abortions and men who have lost unborn children.