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Approximately 10% of women undergoing induced abortion suffer from immediate complications, of which one-fifth (2%) were considered major.19 However the majority of complications take time to develop and will not be apparent for days, months or even years. Major risks and complications of abortion are described, with citations to the medical literature, below.
DEATH:
Death Rates in Finland During the First Year Following Abortion, Miscarriage, or Delivery Compared to an Age Adjusted Population of Women Who Had Not Had Not Been Pregnant in the Previous Year
According to the best record based study of deaths following pregnancy and abortion, a 1997 government funded study in Finland, women who abort are approximately four times more likely to die in the following year than women who carry their pregnancies to term. In addition, women who carry to term are only half as likely to die as women who were not pregnant.16 (Click here for more details on this important study.)
Comparison of deaths from natural causes (excluding suicide, accidents, and violence) by pregnancy outcome compared to women not pregnant in the year prior to their death.
Women who had abortions were 3.4 times more likely to commit suicide compared to women who had not been pregnant in the previous year and 6 times more likely to commit suicide than women who delivered.
The Finland researchers found that compared to women who carried to term, women who aborted in the year prior to their deaths were 60 percent more likely to die of natural causes, seven times more likely to die of suicide, four times more likely to die of injuries related to accidents, and 14 times more likely to die from homicide.
Researchers believe the higher rate of deaths related to accidents and homicide may be linked to higher rates of suicidal or risk-taking behavior.16 (Click here for details on the latest research regarding abortion associated deaths.)
The leading causes of abortion related maternal deaths within a week of the surgery are hemorrhage, infection, embolism, anesthesia, and undiagnosed ectopic pregnancies. Legal abortion is reported as the fifth leading cause of maternal death in the United States, though in fact it is recognized that most abortion-related deaths are not officially reported as such.2 (Click here for more details on the underreporting of abortion related deaths in the U.S.)
Maternal Mortality Rates in Denmark for Women Following Abortion Compared to Women Following Delivery
Mortality Rates in Denmark Relative to the Number of Abortions a Woman Has
Two studies of the entire population of women in Denmark published in 2012 have shown similar results. The first found that the risk of death following abortion remains higher in each of the first ten years following the abortion. The second found that the risk of death increases with each abortion, 45% after one abortion, 114% after two abortions, and 192 percent after three or more abortions.
For a complete review of the literature see Deaths associated with abortion compared to childbirth: a review of new and old data and the medical and legal implications (2004).
CERVICAL, OVARIAN, AND LIVER CANCER:
Women with a history of one abortion face a 2.3 times higher risk of having cervical cancer, compared to women with no history of abortion. Women with two or more abortions face a 4.92 relative risk. Similar elevated risks of subsequent ovarian and liver cancer have also been linked to single and multiple abortions. These increased cancer rates for post-aborted women may be linked to the unnatural disruption of the hormonal changes which accompany pregnancy and untreated cervical damage or to increased stress and the negative impact of stress on the immune system.4
UTERINE PERFORATION:
Between 2 and 3% of all abortion patients may suffer perforation of their uterus, yet most of these injuries will remain undiagnosed and untreated unless laparoscopic visualization is performed.5 Such an examination may be useful when beginning an abortion malpractice suit. The risk of uterine perforation is increased for women who have previously given birth and for those who receive general anesthesia at the time of the abortion.(6) Uterine damage may result in complications in later pregnancies and may eventually evolve into problems which require a hysterectomy, which itself may result in a number of additional complications and injuries including osteoporosis.
CERVICAL LACERATIONS:
Significant cervical lacerations requiring sutures occur in at least one percent of first trimester abortions. Lesser lacerations, or micro fractures, which would normally not be treated may also result in long term reproductive damage. Latent post-abortion cervical damage may result in subsequent cervical incompetence, premature delivery, and complications of labor. The risk of cervical damage is greater for teenagers, for second trimester abortions, and when practitioners fail to use laminaria for dilation of the cervix.7
PLACENTA PREVIA:
Abortion increases the risk of placenta previa in later pregnancies (a life threatening condition for both the mother and her wanted pregnancy) by seven to fifteen fold. Abnormal development of the placenta due to uterine damage increases the risk of fetal malformation, perinatal death, and excessive bleeding during labor.8
SUBSEQUENT PRE-TERM DELIVERIES AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR:
Women who had one, two, or more previous induced abortions are, respectively, 1.89, 2.66, or 2.03 times more likely to have a subsequent pre-term delivery, compared to women who carry to term. Prior induced abortion not only increased the risk of premature delivery, it also increased the risk of delayed delivery. Women who had one, two, or more induced abortions are, respectively, 1.89, 2.61, and 2.23 times more likely to have a post-term delivery (over 42 weeks).17 Pre-term delivery increases the risk of neonatal death and handicaps.
HANDICAPPED NEWBORNS IN LATER PREGNANCIES:
Abortion is associated with cervical and uterine damage which may increase the risk of premature delivery, complications of labor and abnormal development of the placenta in later pregnancies. These reproductive complications are the leading causes of handicaps among newborns.9
ECTOPIC PREGNANCY:
Abortion is significantly related to an increased risk of subsequent ectopic pregnancies. Ectopic pregnancies, in turn, are life threatening and may result in reduced fertility.10
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (PID):
PID is a potentially life threatening disease which can lead to an increased risk of ectopic pregnancy and reduced fertility. Of patients who have a chlamydia infection at the time of the abortion, 23% will develop PID within 4 weeks. Studies have found that 20 to 27% of patients seeking abortion have a chlamydia infection. Approximately 5% of patients who are not infected by chlamydia develop PID within 4 weeks after a first trimester abortion. It is therefore reasonable to expect that abortion providers should screen for and treat such infections prior to an abortion.11
ENDOMETRITIS:
Endometritis is a post-abortion risk for all women, but especially for teenagers, who are 2.5 times more likely than women 20-29 to acquire endometritis following abortion.12
IMMEDIATE COMPLICATIONS:
Approximately 10% of women undergoing elective abortion will suffer immediate complications, of which approximately one-fifth (2%) are considered life threatening. The nine most common major complications which can occur at the time of an abortion are: infection, excessive bleeding, embolism, ripping or perforation of the uterus, anesthesia complications, convulsions, hemorrhage, cervical injury, and endotoxic shock. The most common “minor” complications include: infection, bleeding, fever, second degree burns, chronic abdominal pain, vomiting, gastro-intestinal disturbances, and Rh sensitization.13
INCREASED RISKS FOR WOMEN SEEKING MULTIPLE ABORTIONS:
In general, most of the studies cited above reflect risk factors for women who undergo a single abortion. These same studies show that women who have multiple abortions face a much greater risk of experiencing these complications. This point is especially noteworthy since approximately 45% of all abortions are for repeat aborters.
LOWER GENERAL HEALTH:
In a survey of 1428 women researchers found that pregnancy loss, and particularly losses due to induced abortion, was significantly associated with an overall lower health. Multiple abortions correlated to an even lower evaluation of “present health.” While miscarriage was detrimental to health, abortion was found to have a greater correlation to poor health. These findings support previous research which reported that during the year following an abortion women visited their family doctors 80% more for all reasons and 180% more for psychosocial reasons. The authors also found that “if a partner is present and not supportive, the miscarriage rate is more than double and the abortion rate is four times greater than if he is present and supportive. If the partner is absent the abortion rate is six times greater.” (15)
This finding is supported by a 1984 study that examined the amount of health care sought by women during a year before and a year after their induced abortions. The researchers found that on average, there was an 80 percent increase in the number of doctor visits and a 180 percent increase in doctor visits for psychosocial reasons after abortion.18
INCREASED RISK FOR CONTRIBUTING HEALTH RISK FACTORS:
Abortion is significantly linked to behavioral changes such as promiscuity, smoking, drug abuse, and eating disorders which all contribute to increased risks of health problems. For example, promiscuity and abortion are each linked to increased rates of PID and ectopic pregnancies. Which contributes most is unclear, but apportionment may be irrelevant if the promiscuity is itself a reaction to post- abortion trauma or loss of self esteem.
INCREASED RISKS FOR TEENAGERS:
Teenagers, who account for about 30 percent of all abortions, are also at much high risk of suffering many abortion related complications. This is true of both immediate complications, and of long-term reproductive damage.14
PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS:
See this link Psychological Complications
NOTES
1. Detrimental Effects of Abortion: An Annotated Bibliography with Commentary (Third Edition) is the most complete review of medical studies relevant to abortion. It includes brief summaries of major finding drawn from medical and psychology journal articles, books, and related materials, divided into major categories of relevant injuries. An online version of the bibliography can be found at www.AbortionRisks.com2. Kaunitz, “Causes of Maternal Mortality in the United States,” Obstetrics and Gynecology, 65(5) May 1985.3. H.L. Howe, et al., “Early Abortion and Breast Cancer Risk Among Women Under Age 40,” International Journal of Epidemiology 18(2):300-304 (1989); L.I. Remennick, “Induced Abortion as A Cancer Risk Factor: A Review of Epidemiological Evidence,” Journal of Epidemiological Community Health, (1990); M.C. Pike, “Oral Contraceptive Use and Early Abortion as Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Young Women,” British Journal of Cancer 43:72 (1981).4. M-G, Le, et al., “Oral Contraceptive Use and Breast or Cervical Cancer: Preliminary Results of a French Case- Control Study, Hormones and Sexual Factors in Human Cancer Etiology, ed. JP Wolff, et al., Excerpta Medica: New York (1984) pp.139-147; F. Parazzini, et al., “Reproductive Factors and the Risk of Invasive and Intraepithelial Cervical Neoplasia,” British Journal of Cancer, 59:805-809 (1989); H.L. Stewart, et al., “Epidemiology of Cancers of the Uterine Cervix and Corpus, Breast and Ovary in Israel and New York City,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute 37(1):1-96; I. Fujimoto, et al., “Epidemiologic Study of Carcinoma in Situ of the Cervix,” Journal of Reproductive Medicine 30(7):535 (July 1985); N. Weiss, “Events of Reproductive Life and the Incidence of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer,” Am. J. of Epidemiology, 117(2):128-139 (1983); V. Beral, et al., “Does Pregnancy Protect Against Ovarian Cancer,” The Lancet, May 20, 1978, pp. 1083-1087; C. LaVecchia, et al., “Reproductive Factors and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Women,” International Journal of Cancer, 52:351, 1992.
5. S. Kaali, et al., “The Frequency and Management of Uterine Perforations During First-Trimester Abortions,” Am. J. Obstetrics and Gynecology 161:406-408, August 1989; M. White, “A Case-Control Study of Uterine Perforations documented at Laparoscopy,” Am. J. Obstetrics and Gynecology 129:623 (1977).
6. D. Grimes, et al., “Prevention of uterine perforation During Curettage Abortion,” JAMA, 251:2108-2111 (1984); D. Grimes, et al.,”Local versus General Anesthesia: Which is Safer For Performing Suction Abortions?” Am. J. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 135:1030 (1979).
7. K. Schulz, et al., “Measures to Prevent Cervical Injuries During Suction Curettage Abortion,” The Lancet, May 28, 1983, pp 1182-1184; W. Cates, “The Risks Associated with Teenage Abortion,” New England Journal of Medicine, 309(11):612-624; R. Castadot, “Pregnancy Termination: Techniques, Risks, and Complications and Their Management,” Fertility and Sterility, 45(1):5-16 (1986).
8. Barrett, et al., “Induced Abortion: A Risk Factor for Placenta Previa”, American Journal of Ob&Gyn. 141:7 (1981).
9. Hogue, Cates and Tietze, “Impact of Vacuum Aspiration Abortion on Future Childbearing: A Review”, Family Planning Perspectives (May-June 1983),vol.15, no.3.. Jacobsson B, Hagberg G, Hagberg B, Ladfors L, Niklasson A, Hagberg A. Cerebral Palsy in preterm infants: a population-based case-control study of antenatal and intrapartal risk factors. Acta Paediatrica 2002;91:946-951. Calhoun BC, Shadigian E, Rooney B. Cost consequences of induced abortion as an attributable risk for preterm birth and informed consent. J Reprod Med 2007;52:929-939.
10. Daling,et.al., “Ectopic Pregnancy in Relation to Previous Induced Abortion”, JAMA, 253(7):1005-1008 (Feb. 15, 1985); Levin, et.al., “Ectopic Pregnancy and Prior Induced Abortion”, American Journal of Public Health (1982), vol.72,p253; C.S. Chung, “Induced Abortion and Ectopic Pregnancy in Subsequent Pregnancies,” American Journal of Epidemiology 115(6):879-887 (1982)
11. T. Radberg, et al., “Chlamydia Trachomatis in Relation to Infections Following First Trimester Abortions,” Acta Obstricia Gynoecological (Supp. 93), 54:478 (1980); L. Westergaard, “Significance of Cervical Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection in Post-abortal Pelvic Inflammatory Disease,” Obstetrics and Gynecology, 60(3):322-325, (1982); M. Chacko, et al., “Chlamydia Trachomatosis Infection in Sexually Active Adolescents: Prevalence and Risk Factors,” Pediatrics, 73(6), (1984); M. Barbacci, et al., “Post- Abortal Endometritis and Isolation of Chlamydia Trachomatis,” Obstetrics and Gynecology 68(5):668-690, (1986); S. Duthrie, et al., “Morbidity After Termination of Pregnancy in First-Trimester,” Genitourinary Medicine 63(3):182-187, (1987).
12. Burkman, et al., “Morbidity Risk Among Young Adolescents Undergoing Elective Abortion” Contraception, 30:99-105 (1984); “Post-Abortal Endometritis and Isolation of Chlamydia Trachomatis,” Obstetrics and Gynecology 68(5):668- 690, (1986)
13. Frank, et.al., “Induced Abortion Operations and Their Early Sequelae”, Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners (April 1985),35(73):175-180; Grimes DA, Cates W Jr. Abortion: Methods and complications. In: Hafez ESE, ed. Human reproduction: Conception and contraception (2nd ed). Hagerstown, Maryland: Harper and Row, 1980:796‑813.; M.A. Freedman, “Comparison of complication rates in first trimester abortions performed by physician assistants and physicians,” Am. J. Public Health, 76(5):550- 554 (1986).
14. Wadhera, “Legal Abortion Among Teens, 1974-1978″, Canadian Medical Association Journal, 122:1386-1389,(June 1980).
15. Ney, et.al., “The Effects of Pregnancy Loss on Women’s Health,” Soc. Sci. Med. 48(9):1193-1200, 1994; Badgley, Caron, & Powell, Report of the Committee on the Operation of the Abortion Law, Supply and Services, Ottawa, 1977: 319-321.
16. Gissler, M., et. al., “Pregnancy-associated deaths in Finland 1987-1994 — definition problems and benefits of record linkage,” Acta Obsetricia et Gynecolgica Scandinavica 76:651-657 (1997).
17. Zhou, Weijin, et. al., “Induced Abortion and Subsequent Pregnancy Duration,” Obstetrics & Gynecology 94(6):948-953 (Dec. 1999). Klemetti R, Gissler M, Niinimäki M, Hemminki E. Birth outcomes after induced abortion: a nationwide register-based study of first births in Finland. Hum Reprod 2012 Aug 29. [Epub ahead of print]. Rooney B, Calhoun BC. Induced Abortion and Risk of Later Premature Births. Journal American Physicians & Surgeons 2003;8(2):46-49 Bhattacharya S, Lowit A, Bhattacharya S, Raja EA. -et al. Reproductive outcomes following induced abortion: a national register-based study in Scotland. BMJ OPEN Summer 2012. Swingle HM, Colaizy TT, Zimmerman MB, et al Abortion and the risk of subsequent preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Reproductive Med 2009;54:95-108.
18. D. Berkeley, P.L. Humphreys, and D. Davidson, “Demands Made on General Practice by Women Before and After an Abortion,” J. R. Coll. Gen. Pract. 34:310-315, 1984.
19. Frank, et.al., “Induced Abortion Operations and Their Early Sequelae”, Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners (April 1985), vol.35,no.73,pp175-180. and Grimes and Cates, “Abortion: Methods and Complications”, Human Reproduction, 2nd ed., 796-813.
Abortion Risks and Complications, copyright 1997, 2000 Elliot Institute.
You do not mention anything about arguments with what many people argue pro abortion or pro life and if things may become more ugly and you are not very specific about what happens after a abortion
Brandon, the article is just a list of risks involved when an abortion is being considered. It is not arguing Pro-Choice or Pro-Life, it is simply stating informational facts about abortions. It is simply giving info, not argument.
Does abortion increase a woman’s chance of getting breast cancer??
It is very well established that the younger a woman is when she carries a baby to full term, the lower her life time risk of breast cancer. In other words, pregnancy is good for a woman’s health and reduces her risk of breast cancer (and many other health problems). So at the very least, having an abortion causes one to lose the benefits which would otherwise occur from giving birth sooner rather than later.
The big question is whether abortion causes an additional risk of breast cancer. Numerous studies have found an independent association between abortion and breast cancer. A meta-analysis (a type of study combining the results of these studies) by Dr. Joel Brind revealed a statistically significant association and Brind. He has proposed that the physical mechanism is caused by the sudden change in pregnancy hormones caused by abortion which unnaturally disrupt changes in the breast tissue which are taking place in early pregnancy. Because of the political controversy over these findings, a committee of experts issued a statement stating their belief that the results of these studies are not sufficiently convincing to warrant public alarm. Joel Brind published a minority opinion that is available online, along with other fact sheets, at Breast Cancer Prevention Institute. You can also find a synopsis of various studies examining abortion and breast cancer at AbortionRisks.org.
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I think if the pro-abortion groups ever saw an abortion and how that child struggles to avoid the piercing probe that eventually punctures and kills him/her….unless they are true monsters …which some abortion leaders are…the vast majority would reconsider. I guarantee you that as long as mills like Planned Parenthood exist young women will never realize their mistake of this life changing event….until its too late. The usual answer a pro abortion zealot responds with is….”its a woman’s choice…I don’t want to hear what happens…stop describing it!”
As much as you like to call is that, we are not pro-abortion. No one is pro-abortion. We are pro-choice. Pro-abortion would be if we wanted everyone to have abortions. All the time. No more babies, only abortions. I promote abortion to all pregnant women. I have them sometimes when I’m not even pregnant I’m so pro-abortion! It is pro-choice. I believe in a womans right to chose an abortion if it is right for her, or not have an abortion if it is wrong for her. And we pro-choice women are not stupid. I know what being pregnant means. I know it is a fetus.
Most people who favor legal abortion are pro-choice, like yourself. I can believe that you have no prejudice against women who would rather have their babies than have an abortion.
But there are also many who are truly pro-abortion in that they want on women — especially women of color or women who are poor or less intelligent or “unfit” — to have abortions even if requires deceiving them or pressuring them into consenting to abortion they would otherwise refuse. Other pro-abortionists are dedicated to reducing the world’s population for environmental purposes. Margaret Sanger’s Planned Parenthood was setup and funded precisely for the purpose of reducing birth rates among the “unfit.”
The racist attitudes of some abortion providers was well articulated by Dr. Edward Allred, owner of the largest chain of abortion clinics in California who sees abortion as a means of social engineering. In an interview in The Sand Diego Unino, Allred said:
In short, while everyone who favors “abortion rights” wants to cloak their views in pro-choice, pro-woman rhetoric, there are a great many people who see abortion as a social engineering tool which can be used to control the quantity and quality of people born into the world . . . not for the benefit of each individual woman’s informed choice, but for the benefit of eugenic social policy.
Here’s a quick way to tell the difference.
Ask people who say they are “pro-choice” if they oppose the one child policy in China which includes forced abortion? Hardly a pro-choice policy, is it? If they do, then they are truly pro-choice, because they believe women should be allowed to have or not have children as they choose. But if they defend the right of the state to deny women the right to have children, and to punish them or coerce them into having abortions in order to achieve the goals of the state, then they are not pro-choice. Perhaps you still object to them being called “pro-abortion,” but what label would you prefer for persons who have no objections to women being pressured into unwanted abortions?
I know that there are good people who are pro-choice and not good people who are pro-choice. Just as there are on the anti-choice side. The cases of eugenics you refer to are real, and have happened. Largly back in the 50′s and 60′s, not so much these days with all of the publicity and education that has been done onthe the subject. (though I find it noteworthy that many anti-abortion folks are also anti social programs to help all these woman who may decide to have their children in less than healthy situations, and it seems lately they are also anti-birthcontrol) But I digress. The aweful people you have quoted are aweful people. To me that says the focus should be on education those people, and taking them out of positions of power. I don’t see the answer being taking away the legal medical option for terminating a pregnancy because some scumbags are trying to use it for eugenics. It seems like walking in a wide circle around the problem to stop in in the wrong place, with the wrong person. You want to pull woman out of the river instead of stopping that guy from throwing them in. I am for educating women. We know it is a fetus in there. We don’t need to be told that. But if you want to educate women about how horrible the procedure is, you should also have to educate them about the realities of having a unwanted child, raising them in poverty or as a single mother or the many other consequenses of having a child when you are not ready or willing to do it. Show a video of the procedure. But also show video of women and children living in homeless shelters, trying to eat for a month on foodstamps, the reality of where your life changes from being a college student with a future to dropping out to raise a child. A childs life continues well beyond the pregnancy that doesn’t end in abortion. Be realistic about that too. It isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always fine. A woman isn’t always going to be able to handle it (or she wouldn’t have been considering abortion in the first place.) Women who are pro-choice aren’t always the slutty girls who are having multiples as their method of birth control. Sometimes they are drug addicts, or in their senior year of med school, or already have as many kids at home as they can care for responsibly. In a perfect world maybe they would choose adoption instead. But as a 2X birthmother I can tell you it was hell, I lost my entire family and the child I had later and kept I had to raise with no aunts and uncles, no grandparents because they were all angry about the kids I had “passed off like free samples”. It has been 20 years and I still feel the trauma of having been a 16 year old girl birthing in an empty hospital room. It isn’t always simple and it can’t always be done in the way that is neatest or prettiest for the rest of us to see. It is always a tough choice to make. It is never taken lightly. And it isn’t as easy as just skipping that appointment at the clinic. There are consequences for the woman, and the child forever. They don’t skip off into the sunset with their perfect pretty baby laughing at the lovely surprise life has given them. So if you want fewer abortions (and so do I) we need to first address why women choose them, why women feel that they need them and be helpful in solving those problems too. Not just taking away the abortion. Take away the need for them.
It is not safe at all. It has to many risks!
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How come this site:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/abortion-miscarriage
says that according to recent studies done that there is no valid relation between abortions and cancer???
The web page you reference only addresses the breast cancer risk associated with abortion.
This link is to studies showing abortion is associated with a number of cancers.
Regarding the abortion breast cancer link, as you know the whole abortion issue is highly politicized. There was a lot of pressure both within and outside the national cancer institute to explain away and ignore studies showing a link between abortion and breast cancer. If you read their statements and conclusions carefully, it is evident that they admit that studies have found statistically significant associations between abortion and breast cancer, especially for certain subgroups of women, like those with a family history of breast cancer who abort before age 18. But they then go on to argue that this evidence is not sufficiently convincing to warrant “scaring” the public, and there are methodological issues that can be raised to cast doubts on these findings, blah blah blah.
In other words, while in nearly every other case of evaluating medical treatments, evidence of a statistical association is sufficient to raise concerns. Proof that the treatment in and of itself causes the suspected complication is not required before they start warning that the complication MAY be associated with the treatment.
But in the case of abortion, this standard of “warn when in doubt” has been replaced with “innocent until proven guilty by incontestable evidence of a direct, strong causal relationship.” Put another way, the standard of proof has been shifted to such a high bar that the evidence showing statistical associations between abortion and breast cancer can be re-evaluated as not sufficiently convincing to warrant disturbing the peace of mind of women who “need” abortions.
It’s a very paternalistic attitude. Even more importantly, this suppression of risk information is largely driven by the government’s public policy that seeks to reduce birth rates among the poor (which is why so much funding goes into birth control and abortion services around the world, way out of proportion to other health care services). Toward that end, suppressing information about the risks associated with abortion (by raising the standard of proof to one that does not apply to any other medical procedure) serves the “public good” by reducing the chances that poor women will choose against abortion because they are afraid of the physical or psychological consequences. The “abortion is safer than childbirth” argument has proven to be very effective in reassuring women and their families that abortion is “safe and easy.”
how can i get an APA reference for this article?
What is the nursing management in order of priority for woman who undergone induced abortion?
I’m afraid we don’t know. I’m doubtful there even is a standard, but would love to hear about it if you find one . . . or help to develop one.
I love your work and i’m willing to join you to help others please
To help, first join our email list so you can stay up to date.
Second, if you are able to help us financially, that would be a huge blessing. Our costs are outrunning expenses.
Third, you might look over our outreach materials and see if there is anything there that you can distribute through your church, work, or some other way.
check their references…they’re all from the seventies or eighties lol…if you want to be taken seriously at least be relevant
nice try though
Erica, this is an old post from 1999, so naturally the references are old ones. You will find plenty of current studies listed on our news (http://afterabortion.org/?p=2507) and research pages (http://afterabortion.org/?p=2211), as well as at http://www.abortionrisks.org.
Science recognizes that human life begins at conception. You were once a fertilized egg. If anyone had extinguished your life at any time between that stage and birth, you would not exist today. You did nothing wrong during that time because you were incapable of wrongdoing – so you were an innocent human life. To deliberately extinguish innocent human life is murder. We have murdered in excess of 50 million unborn humans in the USA since the legalization of abortion on demand. The total number of human lives lost during all the years of WW II (all theaters and all causes) is estimated to be 50-70 million. In the USA, murder by abortion is now as common as worldwide deaths during WW II. What is the price we will have to pay for this slaughter?