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| Risk Factors to PAS | The creators of the Planned Parenthood information have conducted 50 studies around the world that determined negative emotional reactions to abortion. They discovered that the women most at risk are those who:
 Are unstable in emotional aspect, with unstable living condition.
Experience pressure to perform an abortion from their beloveds or parents.
Choose an abortion due to genetic problem with the fetus.
Had an abortion after the first trimester.
Had strong religious beliefs against abortion.
Ohio Right to Life has conducted a survey among women who have had abortions, and later were completely distressed by the experience to join a support group. The survey involved 252 women throughout the United States. The survey organizers made no attempt obtain a random sampling of women. Rather, they collected data from women who felt “exploited by abortion”. Some of the factors reported by the women in the survey were:
 18% reported constant physical damage.
19% were 13 or more weeks into their pregnancy.
97% currently feel that the fetus was human when the abortion was done.
26% after abortion felt that the fetus was not a person
47% reported physical complications
51% took 4 or fewer days to decide whether to have an abortion.
54% were forced by outside circumstances to choose an abortion.
58% had an annual income less than 10,000.
69% felt very rushed.
73% felt that the information was lacking or misinformation given.
74% thought that her decision was not well considered.
90% felt that the information on the biological nature of the fetus was not given.
The aforesaid indicators may point to the need for a woman to:
confirm pregnancy earlier,
study of all of her options,
come to a careful decision, based on full and adequate information.
Nevertheless, of these precautions may be inadequate to prevent guilt and depression if the woman changes her beliefs, and later concludes that the life that was terminated was that of a human person.
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