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Against Sick & Dangerous Abortions
Against Sick & Dangerous Abortions
Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced.
The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy.
The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy.
Abortion, when induced in the developed world in accordance with local law, is among the safest procedures in medicine.
However, unsafe abortions (those performed by persons without proper training or outside of a medical environment) result in approximately 70 thousand maternal deaths and 5 million disabilities per year globally.
However, unsafe abortions (those performed by persons without proper training or outside of a medical environment) result in approximately 70 thousand maternal deaths and 5 million disabilities per year globally.
An estimated 42 million abortions are performed globally each year, with 20 million of those performed unsafely.
The incidence of abortion has declined worldwide as access to family planning education and contraceptiveservices has increased. Forty percent of the world's women have access to induced abortions (within gestational limits).
The incidence of abortion has declined worldwide as access to family planning education and contraceptiveservices has increased. Forty percent of the world's women have access to induced abortions (within gestational limits).
In Czechoslovakia a very careful study was made and documented. Here it is:
Charles University in Prague did thirteen years of carefully done and reported abortions. All were performed in the gynecology department of a hospital. The limit was set at very "safe" levels: no abortions past the twelfth week (3 months) of pregnancy. The "safest method" was used: vacuum curettage. The patient stayed an average of 3 to 5 days in the hospital, and then another full week at home (receiving insurance benefits for lost wages). This is what they discovered:
"Acute inflammatory conditions occur in 5% of the [abortion] cases, whereas permanent complications such as chronic inflammatory conditions of the female organs, sterility, and ectopic [tubal] pregnancies are registered in 20-30% of all women [who received abortions]. . these are definitely higher in primagravidas [initial abortions]." "Especially striking is an increased incidence in ectopic pregnancies.
A high incidence of cervical incompetence resultant from abortion has raised the incidence of spontaneous abortions [miscarriage] to 30-40%. We rather often observe complications such as rigidity of the cervical os, placenta adherens, placenta accreta, and atony of the uterus. "-A. Kodasek, "Artificial Termination of Pregnancy in Czechoslovakia," in International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1971, vol. 9, no. 3.
Charles University in Prague did thirteen years of carefully done and reported abortions. All were performed in the gynecology department of a hospital. The limit was set at very "safe" levels: no abortions past the twelfth week (3 months) of pregnancy. The "safest method" was used: vacuum curettage. The patient stayed an average of 3 to 5 days in the hospital, and then another full week at home (receiving insurance benefits for lost wages). This is what they discovered:
"Acute inflammatory conditions occur in 5% of the [abortion] cases, whereas permanent complications such as chronic inflammatory conditions of the female organs, sterility, and ectopic [tubal] pregnancies are registered in 20-30% of all women [who received abortions]. . these are definitely higher in primagravidas [initial abortions]." "Especially striking is an increased incidence in ectopic pregnancies.
A high incidence of cervical incompetence resultant from abortion has raised the incidence of spontaneous abortions [miscarriage] to 30-40%. We rather often observe complications such as rigidity of the cervical os, placenta adherens, placenta accreta, and atony of the uterus. "-A. Kodasek, "Artificial Termination of Pregnancy in Czechoslovakia," in International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1971, vol. 9, no. 3.
LATER DANGERS
First, there is the problem of premature births:
A woman who has had an abortion is more likely to have premature births thereafter. This is due to the fact that the cervix was cut and weakened by the abortion, and so thereafter is not as able to bear up under the weight of a growing child. It will tend to open prematurely instead of trying to bear up under the weight. This results in a number of problems, as we shall see below.
Women who have had abortions have twice the likelihood of a premature baby later. (G. Papaevangelou of the University Hospital, Athens, Greece, in British Commonwealth Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1973.)
After just one legal abortion, the increase of later premature births is 14% more likely, after two it is 18%, and three it is 24%. (Klinger, "Demographic Consequences of the Legalization of Abortion in Eastern Europe," International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, September, 1971.)
As mentioned earlier, Czechoslovakia is one of the few countries that has openly investigated the situation and reported all of its findings. Premature births resulting from earlier abortions are so frequent there that if a pregnant woman is known to have had an earlier abortion, she now receives very special care: If the physicians can see scar tissue on the cervix, they will sew it closed [!] in the 12th or 13th week of pregnancy. The patient will then have to stay in bed in the hospital as long as necessary, which in some cases can mean months.
First, there is the problem of premature births:
A woman who has had an abortion is more likely to have premature births thereafter. This is due to the fact that the cervix was cut and weakened by the abortion, and so thereafter is not as able to bear up under the weight of a growing child. It will tend to open prematurely instead of trying to bear up under the weight. This results in a number of problems, as we shall see below.
Women who have had abortions have twice the likelihood of a premature baby later. (G. Papaevangelou of the University Hospital, Athens, Greece, in British Commonwealth Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1973.)
After just one legal abortion, the increase of later premature births is 14% more likely, after two it is 18%, and three it is 24%. (Klinger, "Demographic Consequences of the Legalization of Abortion in Eastern Europe," International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, September, 1971.)
As mentioned earlier, Czechoslovakia is one of the few countries that has openly investigated the situation and reported all of its findings. Premature births resulting from earlier abortions are so frequent there that if a pregnant woman is known to have had an earlier abortion, she now receives very special care: If the physicians can see scar tissue on the cervix, they will sew it closed [!] in the 12th or 13th week of pregnancy. The patient will then have to stay in bed in the hospital as long as necessary, which in some cases can mean months.
