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Danish study shows long-term risks of abortion

A new study in Denmark has further proven the inherent risks of abortion towards women. Researchers were able to establish that women who have had abortions face higher mortality rates than women who have not.

The study showed that a single induced abortion increased the chance of maternal death by 45 percent when compared to women who had never received and abortion.

The researched also highlighted an even higher death rate among women who had multiple abortions.

According to the study women who had two abortions were 114 percent more likely to die during the period examined and women with three or more abortions had a 192 percent increased chance of premature death.
Research also showed an increase in the death rates of women who had experienced miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies or other natural losses.

Women who did not have a history of loss during pregnancy were the least likely to die during the 25 years that were examined, while women who had never conceived had the highest mortality rate.

The finding that each additional abortion or other pregnancy loss contributed to a rising death rate is an indication that the observed effects are more likely to be causal than incidental, according to David Reardon, a co-author of the study, said in a statement.

If further studies find the same incidences of higher mortality rates after having an abortion, do you think it’s likely that women will be warned before undergoing the procedure?

Yeah. Neither did I.

This is yet another example of how abortion is not safe – not for the baby, and not for the mother. There are risks of serious medical injuries with abortions, as well as death. Having an abortion increases your risk of pre-term birth in future pregnancies. Women who have abortions are at increased risk for mental health problems, depression and suicide, and breast cancer.

Now we’re finding that there is an apparently correlation between abortion and increased mortality rates for women. Women won’t be told any of this prior to having an abortion, though. In fact, Live Action has found that abortion counselors encourage pregnant women to have abortions because “women die having babies.” But give them fair warning of the many health risks they’ll be facing? Never.

   
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  • Ruth

    Thank you for sharing this.

  • Detroiter327

    There is no link between abortion and suicide or other mental disorders. The study you link to was rife with errors and had to be redone. Even after it was redone the study was discredited by its publisher and the academic community at large. The publisher went on to write that her analysis “does not support assertions that abortions led to psychopathology”.

    • necca

      Show us proof Detroiter327

      • Detroiter327

        Considering her paper was discredited in depth years ago I thought a link was a moot point. But here we go! http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/199/3/180

        A nice overall review is found at the Wikipedia page. Please note this is the one time in my life I will link to one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_K._Coleman

        This information is so readily available I am a bit surprised it was asked to be confirmed.

        • Amy

          I think you are mixing up papers. Here is the study referenced in the post: http://www.medscimonit.com/index.php?/archives/article/883338. It has not been discredited or redone.

          • Detroiter327

            No. If you actually clink the links for “mental health” and “depression and suicide” it is referring to the study in a British journal by Priscilla Coleman.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000169711062 Evelyne Henderson

      Personal experience disproves what you claim! Have you ever personally had an abortion? So you could actually speak authoritatively on this subject. Unless someone has actually experinced aborton first-hand I do not feel that they have a right to be making generalizations about what someone else who has gone through such an experience has or can and does experience. The academic community-at-large can go stick their heads back into their piles of books as far as I am concerned–just because they happen to have degrees behind their names does not make them the absolute authorities on this subject or any other subject for that matter. We have way too many academics today who are trying to tell everyone else what they can and cannot experience simply based upon their highly spectulative opinions without any real hard evidence from those actually the most affected!

      • Detroiter327

        Yes. I had an abortion 5 years ago. According to you I can speak “authoritatively” on the subject. Even though I had an abortion, I will never say that two experiences are the same. Some people will suffer some depression from the process, but these people are in the minority. Does this make their experience less real or more heartbreaking? No! But, to say that major mental disorders are a consequence of an abortion is a flat out lie. If it means anything to you, I think we should take an approach along the lines of France. I think pre and post counseling should be covered by your health care. Sadly because your side is not accepting anything but the utmost stringent approach this cannot be advocated.

        • cknight

          You think pre and post counseling should be covered by health care when you CHOOSE to get an abortion. I’m sorry, but unless the pregnancy is threatening the mother’s life, abortion is not something that you should be able to get simply because it was ‘inconvenient’ and certainly shouldn’t be covered under health insurance, let alone counseling for it. If you need counseling, don’t get an abortion.

          • Detroiter327

            This has to be one of the most fascinating comments Ive ever encountered! Firstly, thank you for providing a real life (er… I guess electronic?) example of the kind of stringent ideals I was talking about! Secondly, Im very surprised about your stance on counseling. The pro life movement has advocated for mandatory counseling for years now. The only people I have seen come out against abortion counselling are actually hardcore pro choicers, and a sparse amount of them at that. Another really interesting idea (myth?) the anti abortion movement has been pushing is that huge amounts of women dont just “choose” abortion, gigantic percentages (some even say the majority) of them are forced and coerced. Counseling is actually one of the ways many on your side propose we find out if the intent of the abortion, and then we legislate and restrict from there. Refreshing to find an anti abortion advocate who is in disagreement with so many parts of this website!
            (Ps! Love this logic “if you need counseling”… dont get it. If we used your logic most Catholics would have never gotten married!)

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=573648512 Susan Jungerheld Abel

      This isn’t the only study of its kind. There is plenty of research linking abortion and increased risk of suicide, violent death, etc., and court cases showing increased risk of suicide, depression, low esteem, difficulty maintaining relationships, bonding with future children, etc. (see U.S. Supreme Court vs. Carhart and other cases).
      I’ve heard this election called a tipping point for different reasons. What people don’t see coming is the tipping point of women and men suffering the wounds of abortion increasing in their vocal protest to the lies they were told, the pressure they felt they couldn’t avoid, the lack of good information about life-giving alternatives, etc.

      • Detroiter327

        Really Id be interested to see these studies that show an increased risk of suicide and violent death.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000169711062 Evelyne Henderson

    It is a known fact that many women who have had past abortions have and can experience deep depression for many years following their abortion. I had a personal friend who personally went through such a deep and long-standing depression following her having aborted a child at her husband’s request. She never truly got over the feeling of loss that she felt throughout her entire lifetime. She would always find herself thinking about the child that had been aborted and there often remained an air of deep sadness about her with her continually wondering what her child would have been like if it had been allowed to live and what it might have grownup to someday accomplish. It was a heartbreaking burden she carried throughout her entire lifetime! So, yes, having abortions can and do affect women psychologically afterwards. I myself suffered a heartbreaking miscarriage at 5 months of gestation and it affected me for many, many months thereafter and I still today think about my child who I someday look forward to meeting in Heaven at the end of my earthly life.

  • Anon

    “This is yet another example of how abortion is not safe – not for the baby…” Of course it’s not safe for the baby. The result is DEATH for the baby.

  • ChicoMom23

    Cassy, it would be helpful if you could site the study. Thanks.

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