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Why Abortion is Not the Answer Archives
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Women Who
Bear Children Have a Reduced Risk of Developing Breast Cancer
The ability of cells from a developing fetus
to cross the placenta and take up long-term residence within its
mother is called fetal microchimerism. While fetal microchimerism
has been shown to be a mechanism to explain autoimmune disease, it
may also benefit mothers by putting her immune system on alert to
destroy malignant cells. (2007)
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Induced Abortion a Factor in Preterm Birth
(2007)
A prior first trimester induced
abortion has been found to be an irreversible risk factor associated
with preterm birth.
- In Europe, Breast Cancer
Incidence Forecasted by Increase in Abortion Rates
In a study of eight European countries,
researchers concluded that the increase in breast cancer incidence
appears to be best explained by an increase in abortion rates and
lower fertility. (Fall 2007)
- Flawed Study Stating No
Link Between Abortion and Breast Cancer
Harvard Nurses Study II's conclusion that
abortion is not associated with increased incidence of breast cancer
is flawed on several counts. (2007)
- Legalization of Abortion
Correlates to Significant Increase in Murder Rates
Previous research claimed that legalized
abortion accounted for a large part of the drop in murder rates
between 1991 and 1997. Subsequent research demonstrates that, to the
contrary, legalizing abortion was associated with a statistically
significant increase in murder rates. (2007)
- Past Abortion Might be a Factor
in Autoimmune Diseases
Study found that a larger than normal
fetomaternal transfer of cells occurs after an abortion. (2007)
- Abortions Associated With an
Increased Risk of Mental Health Problems
A number of studies have proposed that
abortion may have long-term adverse mental health effects, leading
to feelings of guilt, unresolved loss and lowered self-esteem.
(2006)
- Sleep Disorders More Common
After Induced Abortion
Study shows that sleep disorders are more
common in women following an induced abortion compared with women
who carry their pregnancy to term. (2006)
- Women Prefer More Info for
Elective Procedures
A recent survey found that women have a preference for receiving as
much or more information pertaining to complications associated with
particular elective obstetric or gynecological procedures as other
elective procedures (July 2006)
- Increased Risk of Future
Miscarriages Due to Abortion
Previous abortion is a factor that contributes
to increasing a woman’s risk in having a first-trimester
miscarriage. (2006)
- Abortion Increases
Likelihood of Maternal Substance Abuse
A history of induced abortion is associated
with elevated maternal substance use during pregnancy. Unwanted
pregnancies are not associated with substance use during pregnancy,
except for cigarette smoking. (2005)
- Abortion Does Not Save
a
Relationship
Most relationships between unmarried couples come apart after an
abortion. Some women may also become involved in a violent
relationship after an abortion because of feelings of self-hatred
and low self-esteem. (October 25, 2005)
- Abortion and Higher Anxiety
Disorder Rates
Among women with unintended pregnancies, those
who have aborted tend to have higher rates of subsequent generalized
anxiety than those who carried to term. (2005)
- Abortion Causes Breast Cancer in 5% of Women
According to Dr. Angela Lanfranchi, abortion causes breast cancer in
about 5% of women who have an abortion. This results in
approximately 10,000 cases a year of breast cancer that can be
attributed to abortion. After an induced abortion, the female is
exposed to very high levels of estrogen, which can act as a mitogen
and a carcinogen on breast tissue. This would
leave her with more places for cancers to start.
(2005)
- Women Who Abort More Prone
to Abuse Future Children
Compared to women with no history of any induced abortion, those
with one prior abortion have a 144% higher risk for child abuse.
Abortion has also been linked with pronounced psychological problems
in at least 10-25% of women. (2005)
- Higher Exposure to Estrogen, Higher Risk of
Breast Cancer
The Breast Cancer Prevention Institute claims that the more estrogen
a women is exposed to in her lifetime, the higher her risk for
breast cancer. Abortion in women under 18 and over 30 years old
carries the greatest risk of getting breast cancer.
(May 2004)
- American Women Experience
More Negative Effects of Abortion
A recent study that was conducted on American and Russian women
found that American women were more negatively influenced by their
abortion experiences than Russian women. (2004)
- Abortion and Increased Risk of
Substance Abuse
Survey shows that women who resolved their
unintended pregnancies through abortion have an increased risk of
substance abuse. (2004)
- Researchers Defend Link Between Abortion and Subsequent Substance
Abuse
In response to criticism of a study linking
abortion to subsequent substance abuse during pregnancy, researchers
noted that 64% of women dated the onset of substance abuse to within
three years of their abortion. (2003)
- Counselors and Physicians
Should Pre-Screen Women Before Abortion to Mitigate Known Risks
Counselors and physicians should pre-screen
women for predictive risk factors of post-abortion maladjustment.
Not to do so has significant clinical, ethical, and legal
implications for practitioners of abortion. (2003)
- Doubled Risk of Premature Birth
Studies report doubling risk of premature birth following two
induced abortions, nine times risk if four or more abortions
(Summer 2003)
- Increased Risk of Breast
Cancer and Informed Consent
Despite the fact that numerous studies have shown a link between
abortion and breast cancer, various pro-choice and medical agencies
continue to ignore the evidence. For women considering an abortion,
evidence of an increased breast cancer risk should be disclosed as part of
obtaining informed consent. (Summer 2003)
- Puberty, Hormones, and Breast Cancer
In a study conducted on identical and fraternal twins (where one or
both had breast cancer), researchers found that for identical twins
with cancer, the first twin to reach puberty was five times more
likely to get breast cancer first. If menstruation had begun before
the age of 12, the chance for cancer was even stronger. (June 5,
2003)
- Increased Psychiatric Admissions of
Women Following Abortion
Psychiatric admissions are more common among low-income women who
have an induced abortion than among those who carry a pregnancy to
term, both in the short and longer term. (May 2003)
- Early Reproductive Events
and Breast Cancer
Minority report written to refute claims made during an NCI workshop
that induced abortion is not associated with an increase in breast
cancer risk. Among studies on U.S. women, 13 of 15 women have
reported an overall association between the two. (March 10,
2003)
- Abortion Negatively Affects Subsequent Parenting
There are a number of factors unique to the
experience of an elective abortion that suggest it may be associated
with an increased risk for reduced emotional investment in future
children, limited parental involvement, and possible compromised
child development outcomes. (2002)
- Post-Abortion Women Have Higher Outpatient
Psychiatric Treatment Rates
An analysis of women who received funding
under California's medical assistance program shows that rates of
women seeking outpatient psychiatric treatment were 17% higher for
women who aborted than those who carried their pregnancies to term.
(2002)
- Married Women Who Abort First Pregnancy More
Likely to Become Depressed than Those who Deliver
Among married women experiencing unintended
pregnancies, those who abort are more likely to be at "high risk" of
clinical depression than those who delivered their babies.
(2002)
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Abortion
Increases Out-of-Wedlock Births and Murder Rates
Researches have found that an increase of
abortion has led to an increase in out-of-wedlock births and an
increase in the murder rate.
(2001)
- Abortion Connected to Subsequent
Substance Abuse
Women who go through an abortion are more
likely to surrender to substance abuse than women who carry their
pregnancies to term. (2000)
- 20 Week Old Fetuses
Feel Pain
Fetuses as young as 20 weeks gestational age (and possibly even
earlier) have all the necessary central nervous equipment to
experience pain. Studies have shown that fetuses have a hormonal
response to invasive procedures and pain; in fact, their hormone
levels rise more dramatically than in newborn infants at term. This
finding should have implications for the development of sedatives to
be given to the fetus before any invasive procedures in utero as
well as before abortion, whatever their gestational age.
(November 1999)
- Breast Cancer 2nd Leading Cause of Death in African-American Women
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among
African-American women due to the fact that they generally begin
using oral contraceptives earlier and abortions are performed
earlier in the woman’s reproductive life. (May/June 1998)
- Greater Risk
of Depression
Those who abort a first pregnancy are at a greater risk of
subsequent long term clinical depression. (1992)
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