Not only does abortion harm the relationship of the mother and later born children, the 'pro-choice' attitude is destructive well beyond the prenatal period. The above discussion shows that abortion can lead to child abuse of other children by the aborting woman. Accordingly, the National Center of Child Abuse and Neglect, reports that child abuse has increased more than 1,000 percent since abortion's legalization in 1973. Abortion and Suicide. Not only does abortion lead to more incidences of child abuse, but abortion also leads to greater incidences of suicide by post-abortal women.
Various studies show that abortion increases rather than decreases the teen suicide rate.
A study by Dr. Barry Garfinkel, head of the University of Minnesota's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, surveyed 3,500 high-school teenagers to determine what factors in their lives contributed to depression, stress, and thoughts of suicide. The study found that girls who had abortions were four times as likely to attempt suicide as girls who had not aborted. More specifically, abortion leads to subsequent child abuse and suicide. Human dignity must retain its validity without exception. Nor can it be revoked from a single human being.