Abortions pose a risk for future babies. This is one of the risks of abortion that is unknown and (I think) uncontested.
As an aside, from what I can tell, this Canadian study is not in the Canadian press. Is it just me, or do we get study after study after study on issues small and large–in particular when the researchers are Canadian? Just not when the A word comes into play.
Just because abortion is also a moral issue and sometimes a political issue don’t mean it isn’t also a medical one. Buck up medical reporters! Take a deep breath and at least ask some questions about stuff like this.
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Andrea adds this link, which says the study is “thorough and well-conducted” and “supported by a body of research.” This from a thoroughly pro-abortion source: see the part about how “[t]he most important message is not that this should be used in any way to prevent women having a termination of pregnancy…” OK, we get it. No women should EVER be denied access. But a refusal to report these sorts of findings amounts to denying women legitimate information.
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One would think that this would be an area that is ripe for research. There are several different methods of performing abortions: which are the methods that are more likely to cause future preterm births? This is really the kind of research that NAF and Guttmacher should be involved in, if they are really about making sure that abortion is safe.
There has been a link between abortion and premature births and miscarriages for years. No pro-abortion group wanted it published.
The genie is out of the bottle now.