Is relief the most common reaction to abortion? Self-assessed intensity of emotions attributed to abortion in a national sample of women aged 41 to 45.

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For the Unwanted group, only guilt, depression and grief were significantly greater than relief, though many of the other negative reactions approached significance and appear likely to be significant with a larger sample size.

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