A new study from France indicates that having an abortion puts the next baby at risk for premature birth.
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.
Well gosh, this seems so intuitive. I'm sure that abortion providers warn their patients though, right?
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".
Oh ok, well maybe they've been established now, huh? Not that I want to interfere with your billion dollar industry.
Of course in the US a study like this would be impossible because groups like Planned Parenthood would NEVER release any data regarding abortions.