Apparently, for some obscure reason, those who deny the truth will not equate an abortion as a termination of a pregnancy. It boggles the mind. Click: "Abortion/Breast Cancer" on Home Page for more information and references.

In 1997, the top Scandinavian medical journal in the field of obstetrics and gynecology published that Finnish women who had an induced abortion had 3.5 times the TOTAL risk of dying as women who delivered in the 12 months after 'the end of pregnancy.' (Acta Obstet Gyn Scand 1997;76:651-657)

This ALL-CAUSE maternal mortality, comparing the relative mortality risks in the 12 months after the end of pregnancy for women who delivered, versus those who had induced abortions, was easily computed from the data. Not only has a doctor taken an oath to, "first do no harm," but he/she also has a legal duty to withhold any treatment that the doctor knows, or should know, is not in the patient's best interest.

This TRIPLING of a woman's one year risk of death can hardly be considered in a patient's best interest and invites a malpractice suit. These are elective surgeries and all risks MUST be told, but they are NOT.

How Planned Parenthood can continue to say that abortions are safer than childbirth is mind boggling.

The ALL-CAUSE mortality includes not only the immediate cause of death from an abortion, such as hemorrhage, perforated uterus and infection, but also from cancers, suicides, homicides and accidents.

Aspect No. 2 - Drug and Alcohol Abuse

A study reported in the March issue of the prestigious "American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse" found that women with even one abortion were five times more likely to abuse drugs or alcohol.

The study was authored by David C. Reardon, Ph.D., director of the Elliot Institute, and Dr. Philip Ney, a B.C. psychiatrist and post-abortion counseling specialist. According to them, this is the 16th study connecting abortion to drug or alcohol abuse.

Researchers, from the statistical analysis unit of Finland's National Research and Development Center for Welfare and Health, 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.

"Even though this important study was published in the top Scandinavian obstetrics journal, it has been completely ignored by the American press," Reardon said. "Even worse, abortion counselors continue to lie to American women. They are telling women that abortion is safer than childbirth, when this and other irrefutable studies prove exactly the opposite. The entire body of medical literature clearly shows that abortion contributes to a decline in women's physical and mental health. Women aren't hearing this. Nor are they being told that giving birth actually contributes to women's overall health, not only in comparison to those who abort, but also in comparison to women who have not been pregnant."

Reardon believes that abortion providers are collaborating with population control zealots to conceal the risks of abortion in order to advance their own financial and social engineering agendas. "If they were really pro-choice, they would want women to know about abortion's true risks," he said. "Instead, they are offering women a bundle of half-truths and complete fabrications."

Aspect No. 3 - Premature Babies in Subsequent Pregnancies

A major complication of abortions is subsequent premature delivery. This is a VERY serious matter and is increasing as the years roll by, because of legalized abortions on demand.

Not only are most abortions not medically necessary, evidence grows that they are medically destructive to the mother and to subsequent children. For instance, abortion is almost certainly adding to the growing number of premature babies born each year in hospitals.

Most are low birthweight, under five pounds five ounces, and at greater risk for birth defects, visual and hearing impairments, delayed speech, and subject to many other illnesses and therefore, a higher death rate.

In December 1999 the very respected medical publication Obstetrics and Gynecology reported the results of a very large study of over 61,000 Danish women. The conclusion follows:

1)- Women with a previous induced abortion have a doubled risk of a very preterm birth (gestation under 34 weeks)

2)- Women with two (2) previous 'evacuation' abortions have over a 1100% increased risk of a preterm birth (compared to women with no previous induced abortions.) (Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhou W et al, 1999;94:948-

Dr. Barbara Luke, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan and author of nine books, including "Every Pregnant Woman's Guide to Preventing Premature Birth," says, "Abortion means you're artificially opening the cervix, and anytime you do that women can have risks later on."

One need not be a physician to come to the same conclusion as Dr. Luke. It is just plain common sense. Anytime a part of the body is seriously traumatized, it will NOT function in a normal manner.

In abortions, not only is the cervix traumatized severely, but so is the lining of the uterus; many have been punctured, resulting in death. Is it any wonder that it is much harder for a woman to maintain a pregnancy, let alone hold it for 38 weeks?

Aspect No. 4 - Physical Complications of Abortions

I’ll just mention the most serious of these: hemorrhage, infection, ruptured uterus, subsequent ectopic pregnancies, and sterility. There are more deaths, yearly, from abortions after Roe v. Wade than before.

Aspect No. 5 - Emotional and Mental Problems

Problems other than the increase use of alcohol and drugs, include promiscuity, depression, flashbacks, concentration problems, and dramatic personality changes. 90% of women having abortions suffer damage to their self-esteem. Recent studies show that approximately 20% of women having abortions will suffer full-blown, clinically diagnosable, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and over 50% will have some PTSD symptoms.

Aspect No. 6 - Car Accidents

What is the number one killer of young people, ages 15-24? 'Car Crashes', which should surprise no one. Are pregnant women much less likely to die in car crashes than non-pregnant women? Yes, over 80% less likely.

The well regarded medical publication, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, published a study covering five years in the United States, when about 16,200,000 births occurred. A surprisingly very low 41 pregnant women died in car accidents. Thus, there was less than one death per 100,000 pregnant women per year. This implies that pregnant women are extremely cautious.

The odds of a non-pregnant female dying in a car crash are 14.45 per 100,000 per year. How many young (age 15- 24) pregnant women are saved from 'car crash deaths' via being pregnant? 13.77/100,000 per year.

Aspect No. 7 - Child Abuse

Since Roe v. Wade, child abuse of other children has skyrocketed, due to guilt feelings.
In spite of all of the above, the website of Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the world, continues to declare, "Today abortion is about twice as safe as having your tonsils out and is safer than childbirth." Have they NO shame?

In a country where lawsuits are brought at the drop of a hat, how in the world have Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics managed to keep their heads above water?

So far, only two lawsuits have been brought and both were won by teen-age girls who were not warned about the abortion-breast cancer risk, as well as other risks. The amounts of the settlements were not disclosed. However, as the truth surfaces, there will be a flood of lawsuits. As in the tobacco industry, the truth was hidden for greed, until the truth won out.

The same thing is happening with abortions, only besides greed, we can add politics and ideology. In addition to the ACS, the various breast cancer organizations, which exist to aid women in their quest to avoid breast cancer, are silent. The flourishing of the abortion industry means more to them than the lives of women.

Summary

To all women who are thinking about having an abortion: you will NOT be making your life easier. In the course of your lifetime, you WILL be the loser, and your post abortion children, if you didn’t become sterile from the abortion, may be handicapped, provided they have escaped death, due to prematurity. There will be no winners when a life is expunged from the face of the earth, only losers and more needless suffering.


Frank Joseph MD
Email: DFjosephMD



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