Table 4. Associations between changes in abortion access and changes in the prevalence of common mental disorders in women.

*P-value significant at <0.05.

Values for the percentage of change are given as mean (standard deviation).

Disorder and age group	Change in prevalence (%) in countries with no change in abortion access	Change in prevalence (%) in countries with liberalization of abortion access	T-test statistic (p)
Depression, women aged 10-24 years	0.45 (6.65)	3.52 (4.70)	-1.63 (0.105)
Anxiety disorders, women aged 10-24 years	0.99 (4.07)	0.47 (3.31)	0.45 (0.652)
Depression, women aged 25-49 years	0.71 (4.75)	0.43 (5.61)	0.21 (0.835)
Anxiety disorders, women aged 25-49 years	1.19 (3.56)	-1.26 (5.34)	2.31 (0.022)*