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Over 50 MILLION abortions have taken place in the US since 1973. That means that every single minute, 2-3 babies are aborted in the USA.

It’s time to stand up together, make a difference, and End Abortion by 2020!

 

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Make the pledge: Our tax money is used to fund abortion. We will work to stop this funding! 

   1. Pledge to Wear Black on Fridays. Join others and pledge to wear black on Fridays to mourn the lives lost to abortion. This is a very simple way for you to get involved immediately and show others what you believe.

   2. Educate. Begin a dialogue with friends and tell them what you believe and why. Use the resources on this site to help educate them --  www.abortionblackout.com

Discuss with your children and teens the truth of what abortion is and how to prevent falling into situations where they would be confronted with having to make those tough choices, and what to do if someone they know is considering having an abortion.
Explain to your children -- to all the teens you know -- that Sexual Abstinence STOPS Abortion!

   3. Donate $1 a week to make a difference. This is an easy way to make a direct impact in the life of a pregnant mother and her unborn child. Giving just one dollar for every Friday you wear black, will help... support Pregnancy Resource Centers across the United States.

These centers give women Real Choices that do not include abortion. They help pregnant women in life-affirming ways, by giving them free sonograms, providing them with diapers, formula and cribs, etc. They also help women through the adoption process if they choose, and provide housing if their families have abandoned them.

Find a pregnancy center in your area -- www.pregnancycenters.org -- and send them a donation as often as you can...

Why not VOLUNTEER at your local pregnancy center to answer the phone, do janitorial tasks, make repairs or remodel, organize baby supplies, teach, counsel, fund raise, or any number of other activities?

If not you, WHO?
If not now, WHEN?


Sign the pledge, Get involved, Spread the word...End-Abortion by 2020...

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Abortion Linked to Pre-Term and Post-Term Complications (OG,12/1999) PDF Print E-mail

A new study has shown that women who abort are TWICE as likely to have pre-term or post-term deliveries.

CITATION 
Zhou, Weijin, et. al., "Induced Abortion and Subsequent Pregnancy Duration," Obstetrics & Gynecology 94(6):948-953 (Dec. 1999).

METHODOLOGY
Using three Danish national registries, researchers at the Danish Epidemiology Science Center identified 61,753 women who had their first pregnancies in 1980, 1981, or 1982. Of these 15,727 had a first trimester induced abortion.

MAJOR FINDINGS
Subsequent pregnancy outcomes for all of these women was tracked until 1994. Women who had one, two, or more previous induced abortions were, respectively, 1.89, 2.66, or 2.03 times more likely to have a subsequent pre-term delivery. 

Prior induced abortion not only increased the risk of premature delivery, it also increased the risk of delayed delivery. Women who had one, two, or more induced abortions were, respectively, 1.89, 2.61, and 2.23 times more likely to have a post-term delivery (over 42 weeks).

 

Many States with Women's Right to Know laws prepare booklets for women considering abortion that are supposed to accurately describe the risks of abortion. Few truly do, since the preparation by the relevant state agency is highly politicized. Often these booklets inform women that abortion poses no significant risk to subsequent pregnancies. 

This Danish study is the best to date on abortion's effect on subsequent pregnancy outcomes. Women have a right to know this information. 

Any state prepared booklets describing the risks of abortion should be revised to include this information. Premature delivery is the leading cause of neo-natal handicaps and neo-natal deaths. 

Informed consent booklets should also be revised to advise women of the four to six fold increased risk of substance abuse and suicide following abortion.

States that refuse to modify their booklets are subject to lawsuits for (1) failing to comply with the requirements of their own informed consent laws and (2) for misinforming women about the true risks of abortion.
 
  

www.afterabortion.org
 

 
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