“Sadness, depression, fear of sterility, guilt,” drug abuse and suicide are just some of the effects suffered by women who have abortions in Mexico City, according to the country’s most eminent newspaper, El Universal. The newspaper ran an article openly acknowledging the psychological trauma associated with abortion on January 21.
The article also spoke openly of the motives that often lead women to have their unborn children killed, describing various circumstances that lead to abortion: a woman is impregnated by her boyfriend, who then abandons her upon learning of the pregnancy; the child is the result of adultery and his mother wishes to hide it from her husband; a young student decides that a son or daughter will be inconvenient for her career aspirations.
But “no matter how resolute and firm” the women might be, “the abortion causes them remorse, frustration, dissatisfaction,” gynecologist Mario Lucas told the newspaper.
