ut do not practice effective contraception, the percentage of pregnancies terminated by abortion is high because many unwanted pregnancies are aborted. A majority of teenage abortions are obtained by unmarried women, and abortion rates are higher for unmarried than for married teenagers overall. PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTSWomen who receive abortions usually have a number of psychological effects. Often, at first, the teenager feels relieved. This feeling of relief is present because they are glad that they wont ever have to deal with that baby again. In the long run the teenager have life-long damage such as feelings of guilt and regret.In addition to all of these negative feelings, it has been shown that there are, but few, positive results of an abortion. The teenager is most likely to have an increased use of birth control and usually more feelings of responsibility.CONSEQUENCESAbortion seems to have fewer and less socioeconomic consequences for a teenager than carrying a pregnancy to term and raising a child. Although having an abortion requires a young woman to raise a large sum of money on short notice, once the abortion is performed there are no financial obligations in the future.The interpersonal consequences of an abortion center mainly on the possible damage to a young womens relationships if her abortion is against others wishes or moral standards. For example, if the father of the baby wants to keep the child and the woman disagrees, there can be some conflicting factors. Another example would be that if the parents of the teenager dont want her to have an abortion because of religious reasons or maybe they are afraid of possible damage of the procedure, and the teenager goes ahead with the abortion anyway, they may be very angry at her and it could cause some family problems.At the present time, a teenager in most cases has control over the interpersonal consequences of having an abortion because she decides who should ...
