by APFLI | Mar 3, 2004 | Studies - General Research
The hazards of abortion for women are greatest for teenagers, according to a research report, “Differential Adverse Impact on Teenagers Who Undergo Induced Abortion,” Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change, Vol. 15, No. 1....
by APFLI | Mar 3, 2004 | Studies - General Research
Abortion complications are seriously under-reported, leaving women who undergo abortion largely unaware of the range of physical and psychological risks they face. The deVeber Institute, a nonprofit Canadian bioethics institute and social research group based in...
by APFLI | Mar 3, 2004 | Studies - General Research
Canadian Abortion Rights Action League’s (CARAL) Web site claims, “Under normal medical conditions, abortion is a very safe procedure.” It does admit, “rare, serious complications requiring follow-up treatment can occur.” It also...
by APFLI | Mar 3, 2004 | Studies - General Research
FINISH STUDY SHOWS ABORTION DEADLIER FOR WOMEN THAN CHILDBIRTH — The study results were released in 1997 by STAKES, the statistical analysis unit of Finland's National Research and Development Center for Welfare and Health, but are only now attracting...
by APFLI | Feb 14, 2004 | Studies - General Research
The Decline in Adolescent Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion Rates in the 1990s: What Factors Are Responsible? by The Physicians Consortium (formerly the Consortium of State Physicians Resource Councils), 7January1999 —...
by APFLI | Feb 14, 2004 | Studies - General Research
Researchers writing in the Archives of General Psychiatry [Aug 2000] have acknowledged that some women experience post-abortion syndrome (PASS). The research team, led by Dr. Brenda Major, diagnosed PASS among 1.4 percent of a sample of women who had abortions two...
by APFLI | Jan 9, 2004 | Studies - General Research
TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF BOBBITT MUTILATION TRIAL BRINGS NEW ANSWERS Ten years ago, on January 10, 1994, Lorena Bobbitt went on trial for the “malicious wounding” of her husband’s manhood with an eight-inch kitchen knife. After an eleven day...
by APFLI | Apr 1, 2003 | Studies - General Research
Unexplained infertility in otherwise healthy women may sometimes be caused by fetal bone fragments left embedded in the uterus after an abortion, which cause chronic irritation and interfere with future pregnancies. The fragments can work their way into the muscular...
by APFLI | Dec 1, 2002 | Studies - General Research
RESEARCH UNDERSCORES ABORTION'S RISKS TO WOMEN AND LATER CHILDREN Am J Obstet Gynecol 2002;187:1673-8 Previous research has revealed a general association between induced abortion and substance use. The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation when...
by APFLI | Aug 1, 2002 | Studies - General Research
A study published in the 8/2002 issue of the Southern Medical Journal reveals that women who have abortions are at significantly higher risk of death than women who give birth, both in the short- and long-term, and across socioeconomic boundaries. Compared to...
by APFLI | Aug 20, 2001 | Studies - General Research
Canadian Abortion Rights Action League’s (CARAL) Web site claims, “Under normal medical conditions, abortion is a very safe procedure.” It does admit, “rare, serious complications requiring follow-up treatment can occur.” It also...
by APFLI | Nov 1, 1986 | Studies - General Research
1986 report, “Post-Abortal Endometritis and Isolation of Chlamydia Trachomatis,” published in the medical journal Obstetrics and Gynecology says that not only is it possible to contract endometriosis from an abortion, but that the risk is higher for...