A new study by a researcher at Bowling Green University indicates that women who've had an abortion are more likely to abuse children from subsequent pregnancies.
Study: Women Having Abortions More Likely to Engage in Child Abuse
The study is based on an analysis of data on 237 low-income women in Baltimore who had physically mistreated or neglected at least one of their children or allowed someone else to do so.
While all the women in the study had some connection with child maltreatment or neglect, the authors found that those who reported a history of abortion reported significantly more frequent acts of physical violence, such as slapping, hitting or beating, directed at their children.
Dr. Priscilla Coleman, a researcher at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, was the lead author of the new report.
She talked with LifeNews.com about its findings and said that only a few studies have examined the association between abortion history and child maltreatment.
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