We keep hearing the same old liberal pro-death mantra about how abortion is "about saving the lives of women".
However... what you're NOT being told is that having an abortion is actually MUCH RISKIER than having a baby. It was found that one-third of all federally-funded abortion clinics are NOT dispensing accurate information about abortions.
It is a KNOW FACT that abortion complications are SEVERELY under-reported, however...
Here are some interesting fact that the pro-abortion/pro-death crowd doesn't want people to know:
Psychological dangers:
1. Over 40% of women who have abortions experience EXTREME depression - twice the rate of women who were never pregnant, and 35% more likely than women who brought their child to term.
2. Those with at least one abortion were twice as likely to drink dangerously and three times as likely to regularly use drugs as those who had continued their pregnancies.
3. 90% of women who have abortions suffer severe damage to their self esteem.
4. 60% of post-abortion women seriously contemplate suicide, and 28% attempt suicide.
5. 20% of post-abortion women develop full-blown Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
6. Women who have abortions are twice as likely to DIE, within 2 years, as those women who do not have abortions.
Physical Dangers:
1. The Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization, & other health groups estimate that in excess of 60,000 or 70,000 women die per year from complications of botched abortions.[New York Times; 1 Dec 2000]
2. Women who have abortions have a 30% higher risk of developing breast cancer. Some estimate the risk, for girls under 18 who have abortions, actually rises as much as 800%.
3. Severe bleeding, sometimes fatal, is COMMON for post-abortive women. 2-3% of women who have abortions suffer a perforated uterus.
4. According to the World Health Organization, women who have abortions have an extremely high risk of severe infection.
5. Women who have abortions run a significantly higher risk of developing cervical, ovarian and liver cancer.
6. Legal abortion is reported as the fifth leading cause of maternal death in the United States,
though in fact it is recognized that most abortion related deaths are not officially reported as such. In fact, it has been documented that the actual number of deaths, as a result of abortion, is 30%-40% higher than the CDC actually admits.
7. Cervical lacerations, a typical result of abortion, lead to higher cases of miscarriage, premature births and birth complications.
8. Post abortion women are 7-15 times more likely to have Placenta Previa, which leads to birth defects and abnormalities, and severe risk to the woman.
9. Women who have abortions are almost 3 times more likely to have Endometritis. Additionally, many post-abortive women also suffer from adenomyosis.
10. Post abortive women are far more likely to develop infertility (2%-5% of post-abortive women become sterile), partly due to chlamydia infection. Infertility is also caused by bone and flesh fragments, of the aborted baby, being left in the womb.
This, of course, is just the tip of the iceberg. Pro-death/pro-abortion advocates simply don't want people to know this. Why? Because it cuts into the bottom line of their PROFIT. The average cost of a "typical" abortion is over $500.00. It's not difficult to do the math. 1.5 million abortions per year (average in the United States) multiplied by $500.00, means that the abortion industry is a $750 million dollar per year business. Abortion: Some Medical Facts Pro-Choice Doctor Finds Mental Dangers To Abortion Physicians For Life - Abstinence, Abortion, Birth Control - Dangers Of Abortion About.com: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/SFL/abortphysrisks.htm About.com: http://www.afterabortion.info/PAR/V8/n2/abortiondeaths.html Women misled on abortion risks - Women's Health - MSNBC.com Abortion