by APFLI | May 26, 2016 | Abortion - Archive, Legislation / Court Cases, Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
Comment: There are many reasons for premature birth, one of which is previous abortion. Abortion can weaken the cervix, so that as the baby gets bigger, the weakened cervix cannot stay contracted, and the mother gives birth too early. There are now over 140 published...
by APFLI | May 16, 2016 | Possible Adverse Effects, Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
Preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal mortality in the U.S. and is emotionally and financially costly for families even when it does not prove fatal to the child. That there has been significant increase in preterm birth in the U.S. in the last forty to...
by APFLI | Sep 11, 2015 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues, Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
Over the past two decades, doctors have made significant progress in saving the earliest premature babies, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association. Between 1993 and 2012, the study found a “significant increase in...
by APFLI | Jul 5, 2015 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
To get a yawn from a premature birth medical expert, tell him/her that any previous medical treatment that raises premature birth risk, also elevates the future risk of the newborn baby having the brain injury that is Cerebral Palsy (CP). That is very established...
by APFLI | Jun 19, 2015 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
Long-time abortion apologist Dr. David Grimes ridicules the link between abortion and subsequent premature births (“Abortion and Prematurity: A False Alarm” 6/10/15) in the Huffington Post. Yet, the very next [week] there is a press release from a researcher...
by APFLI | Jun 17, 2015 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
Editor: A stunning increase in preterm delivery — both intended and unintended — has been happening over the past few decades. Preterm delivery can dramatically increase the risk of Cerebral Palsy in the child. There appear to be two procedures that affect...
by APFLI | Jun 15, 2015 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications, Studies - RU486 / Chemical Abortion / Maternal Mortality
The too-high rate of pre-term births and low birth weight babies continues to plague state health agencies. But veteran pro-abortion apologist Dr. David Grimes assures readers in his recent Huffington post entry that any connection of premature births to abortion is...
by APFLI | May 7, 2015 | Studies - Breast Cancer, Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
Consider “Alice” who is pregnant for the first time at age 20 years. Would it be all right if Alice terminates this pregnancy and eventually has a first birth, at say, age 35 years? Stein and Susser would have to agree that, in general, such a decision is fine and...
by APFLI | Dec 1, 2014 | Studies - General Research, Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
In this 2014 PROSPECTIVE study, Chinese researchers found that multiple (so-called recurrent) induced abortions nearly triple the risk of PPROM (O.R. = 2.75). In other words: China’s One-Child-Policy is crippling babies:...
by APFLI | Jun 18, 2014 | Studies - Breast Cancer, Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health, Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
[Editor’s note. This appeared at Reproductive Research Audit. What follows first is RRA’s introduction to Dr. Davenport’s essay.] Reproductive Research Audit [ http://reproductiveresearchaudit.com/ ] covers studies that address the most controversial topics in...
by APFLI | May 21, 2013 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
Abortion – PreTerm Birth risk Link Continue to be Hidden from the Public… Yet, the Abortion-Premature Birth Risk is SETTLED SCIENCE Since the AMA (American Medical Association) and ACOG (American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists) have not...
by APFLI | May 6, 2013 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
This is a Commentary that cites several published studies on preterm delivery and premature birth. Preventable Cause of Preterm Delivery/Birth Continues 'Behind Closed Doors' "Terrorism,...
by APFLI | Mar 23, 2013 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
McGill Study: Prior Induced Abortion Raises Premature Birth Risk, & thus the Cerebral Palsy Risk for These Preemies The...
by APFLI | Jan 6, 2013 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
2012 Human Reproduction Journal Study Links Multiple Abortions and Preterm Birth A new study has found that women who undergo multiple abortions have an increased risk of preterm birth in a subsequent pregnancy. According to a report: A new study...
by APFLI | Jan 6, 2013 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
135 STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT STUDIES finding that women with prior SURGICAL ABORTIONS [including 'suction' (vacuum aspiration abortion), D & C, D & E, E &X] boost risk of preterm birth and/or low birth weight (under 2,500 grams (5 lbs. 8 ozs.)...
by APFLI | Feb 1, 2012 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
[The following are letters regarding the Abortion – Autism connection, dated 23 & 27 January 2012] Abortion & Autism: Furor in the Scientific Realm No later than 1988, abortion was considered a credible contributor to Autism risk. ...
by APFLI | Nov 12, 2011 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
Cerebral Palsy in PreTerm Infants: a Population-Based Case–Control Study of AnteNatal and Intrapartal Risk Factors Acta Pædiatr 2002; 91: 946–951. Stockholm. ISSN 0803-5253 Jacobsson B, Hagberg G, Hagberg B, Ladfors L, Niklasson A, Hagberg H...
by APFLI | Nov 12, 2011 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
Study Links Autism, Diabetes in Pregnancy Though progress is being made, scientists still know relatively little about what causes autism, or why rates of the disorder seem to be increasing. A new Harvard University study, not reported on until now, offers an...
by APFLI | Nov 12, 2011 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
Prenatal and Perinatal Risk Factors for Autism Journal of Perinatal Medicine 27 (1999) 441-450 Larry Burd, Ph.D., Robin Severud, Jacob Kerbeshian, Marilyn Klug, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences… [This is from a PDF of a 1999...
by APFLI | Nov 12, 2011 | Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
Preterm Birth Risk from Prior Abortions = Higher Autism Risk In 2009 it became settled science that women with prior induced abortions elevate their future risk of premature deliveries (under 37.0 weeks' gestation). The following URL cites studies finding that...