Study Shows Decrease In Suicide Rate After Birth, Increase After Abortion

by Isaiah Brickus
Human Defense Initiative

A study conducted in Finland reveals a significant correlation between women post-pregnancy and their mental health.

In fact, seventy-three suicides were recorded between 1987 and 1994. The average number of suicides in Finland for all women of reproductive age was 11.3 per 100,000 with 5.9 per 100,000 suicides associated with live births, primarily attributed to postpartum psychosis and variations of the like.

Meanwhile, the portion for women who committed suicide after having endured a miscarriage was significantly higher at 18.1 per 100,000 and much higher than both of these statistics was the 34.7 per 100,000 of suicides associated with women who had an induced abortion.

   

Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for suicide after birth, abortion, or miscarriage
compared with general suicide rate specific for age by age group in Finland, 1987–94

There were several common themes among the women who committed post-pregnancy suicide, one being age. Many of the women were younger, mainly teenagers. These women were also from lower classes and unmarried at the time of their pregnancy either being completed or terminated. The study supposes phenomena, both invasive and natural wherein the child's life is ended, have detrimental effects on the mental health of the mothers.

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