A widely reported Associated Press story, "Experts: More Women Over 30 Are Seeking Help for Eating Disorders," made no mention that some women suffer from such disorders after abortions.
Sadly, the eating disorder/post-abortion problem link is one of those subjects deemed not worthy of discussion outside of pro-life circles, much like the premature birth/previous abortion link.
Theresa Burke describes her discovery of the connection between eating disorders and past abortions early in the groundbreaking book Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion that she wrote with David C. Reardon.
Reardon includes eating disorders in his article "A List of Major Psychological Sequelae of Abortion" on The Elliot Institute's website. "For at least some women, post-abortion stress is associated with eating disorders such as bingeeating, bulimia, and anorexia nervosa," Reardon wrote.
Meanwhile, the mainstream media dare not speculate that women's eating disorders could be connected to abortions in their past. Such speculation would upset politically correct comfort levels.
Holding back this information does women a grave disservice.
Knowledge of the eating disorder/abortion link might help some women grow more mentally healthy plus put on a few pounds.
(c) 2007 Marybeth T. Hagan
the author of this article presents no logical or reasonable argument. your thought process is completely preposterous and i am truly sorry i wasted my time reading this garbage!