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A quick internet survey shows that there is no real debate about psychological problems:
All Studies Report Higher Rates of Psychological Problems After Abortion Compared to Other Women. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar…
For example: "A study of the medical records of 56,741 California Medicaid patients revealed that women who had abortions were 16…
A quick internet survey shows that there is no real debate about psychological problems:
All Studies Report Higher Rates of Psychological Problems After Abortion Compared to Other Women. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6207970/
For example: "A study of the medical records of 56,741 California Medicaid patients revealed that women who had abortions were 160 percent more likely than delivering women to be hospitalized for psychiatric treatment in the first 90 days following abortion or delivery. Rates of psychiatric treatment remained significantly higher for at least four years." Id.
I'm not a strong pro-lifer, but abortion providers like Planned Parenthood should advise their clients of the potential psychological consequences of killing their unborn child. Of course, this is not a factor the court should consider in deciding whether abortion is a constitutional right, as in Roe, or within the domain of the states, as in Dobbs.