Abortion puts next baby at risk

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Revealed: how an abortion puts the next baby at risk
By Michael Day
(Filed: 15/05/2005)

Having an abortion almost doubles a woman's risk of giving birth dangerously early in a later pregnancy, according to research that will provoke fresh debate over the most controversial of all medical procedures.

A French study of 2,837 births - the first to investigate the link between terminations and extremely premature births - found that mothers who had previously had an abortion were 1.7 times more likely to give birth to a baby at less than 28 weeks' gestation. Many babies born this early die soon after birth, and a large number who survive suffer serious disability.


Peter Bowen-Simpkins: 'termination may have late complications'
The research leader, Dr Caroline Moreau, an epidemiologist at the Hôpital de Bicêtre in Paris, said the results of the study, which appear in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, provided conclusive evidence of a link between induced abortion and subsequent pre-term births.

Last night anti-abortion campaigners seized on the evidence to demand that all women seeking a termination be warned, routinely, that they are jeopardising the well-being of future babies. A series of earlier, smaller studies had failed to provide clear evidence of a link and so women currently opting for an abortion are not warned of the risk.

Dr Moreau said: "Clearly there is a link. The results suggest that induced abortion can damage the cervix in some way that makes a premature birth more likely in subsequent pregnancies."

Her study compared the medical histories of 2,219 women with babies born at less than 34 weeks with another 618 who had given birth at full term. Overall, women who had had an abortion were 40 per cent more likely to have a very pre-term delivery (less than 33 weeks) than those without such a history. The risk of an extremely premature baby - one born at less than 28 weeks - was raised even more sharply, by 70 per cent. Abortion appeared to increase the risk of most major causes of premature birth, including premature rupture of membranes, incorrect position of the foetus on the placenta and spontaneous early labour. The only common cause of premature birth not linked to abortion was high blood pressure.

Mr Peter Bowen-Simpkins, a spokesman for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and a consultant obstetrician at the Sancta Maria Hospital in Swansea, said the study revealed that abortion might not be as safe as previously supposed. "This study shows that surgical termination of pregnancies may have late complications and may not be without risk," he said.

About 185,000 women have abortions in Britain each year, for social or medical reasons, and last night anti-abortion campaigners seized upon the new study as evidence that the risks have been underplayed.

Jack Scarisbrick, the chairman of the campaign group Life, said: ''We have been saying for years that surgical abortion inevitably increases the risk of later problems. It seems that the abortion procedure carries with it risks that women will know nothing about until they become pregnant with a 'wanted' child later on."

About 80,000 babies in the UK and Ireland are born prematurely each year; 17,000 of these need intensive care.

A spokesman for Marie Stopes International, which is the largest provider of abortions outside the NHS, said that women seeking terminations were not told of increased risks of premature births "because so far, they have not been established".

[Curt F.]

That may be true, but I honestly doubt most women would want to have a child after getting an abortion.

[Don John of Austria]

[quote name='Curt F.' date='May 15 2005, 05:27 PM'] That may be true, but I honestly doubt most women would want to have a child after getting an abortion. [/quote]
why do you say that it is quite common for women to have children after they have had an abortion.

[philothea]

Why do you think that, Curt?

[PennyLane]

There is also a risk of a tubal pregnancy... or blockage... it's so sad!!

Actually Marilyn Monroe is a great example of a woman who had abortions but wanted to have babies after that... her agent forced her to have an abortion to continue in her roles.... and after her abortion she tried to get pregnant again but she couldn't. A lotof people say that was one of the reason she started to become clinically depressed and attempted suicide.

useless information... I know... even more useless.. the Kennedy's killed her.

God bless.

[Dreamweaver]

[quote name='PennyLane' date='May 15 2005, 11:34 PM'] Actually Marilyn Monroe is a great example of a woman who had abortions but wanted to have babies after that... her agent forced her to have an abortion to continue in her roles.... and after her abortion she tried to get pregnant again but she couldn't. A lotof people say that was one of the reason she started to become clinically depressed and attempted suicide. [/quote]
Wow, I had no idea.....

The after effects of abortion are numerous, including post-abortive syndrome and the abortion/breast cancer link. Sadly, many of the liberals that support abortion will find some excuse to discredit these studies for whatever reason. Has it ever occured to them that the removal and termination of a pregnancy can wreak havoc on a woman's body? Abortion certainly isn't something I'd call natural, nor healthy.

[Didacus]

There is almost nothing outside the limits of pro-abortionists.

Did you know that in LA in the 1980s and 90s the remains of aborted babies was sold to factories in oreder to make dog food?

Anything for a dollar... really, I mean ANYTHING!

May the guilty be found by justice.

Edited May 16, 2005 by Didacus

[Ellenita]

[quote]why do you say that, it is quite common for women to have children after they have had an abortion. [/quote]

For once I agree with Don John.....this might be a first!


Interestingly I've heard women who have had an abortion and later want children be really worried that they may have 'damaged themselves' and not be able to have children as a result of the abortion so although they are never told of the risk by the clinics, they have a 'gut feeling' that there is a risk.

[PennyLane]

Abortion all together is wrong.

It's dangerous for the woman... and takes away an innocent life.

God bless and remember to pray for the unborn.