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Induced Abortion and Maternal Mortality

Induced Abortion and the Increased Risk of Maternal Mortality

Catholic Medical Association – Linacre Quarterly 2020 Patrick J. Marmion, MD, MPH, and Ingrid Skop, MD Abstract After years of failure to obtain accurate statistics on maternal mortality, the United States noted a sharpincrease in its maternal mortality rate with widening racial and ethnic disparities. The 2016 report shocked thenation

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ABORTION IS NOT SAFER THAN CHILDBIRTH!

A new systematic review by Dr. Byron Calhoun entitled “The maternal mortality myth in the context of legalized abortion” is found in the 17 July 13 Linacre Quarterly. The prominent “Original Research” article “The Comparative Safety of Legal Induced Abortion and Childbirth in the United States”, by Raymond and Grimes

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Abortion and subsequent maternal death rates: Second of 2 new studies from Denmark

http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/09/05/eurpub.cks107.abstract http://afterabortion.org/2012/multiple-abortions-increase-risk-of-maternal-death-new-study/ Coleman PK, Reardon DC, Calhoun BC. Reproductive history patterns and long-term mortality rates: a Danish, population-based record linkage study Eur J Public Health, first published online September 5, 2012 Dr. Coleman’s summary See more info at: http://www.wecareexperts.org/content/second-study-using-danish-population-data-led-wecare-director-published-european-journal-pub The general purpose of this more extensive study was to explore

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Guttmacher challenges, Koch replies

Dear ProLife Colleague, Maternal death in pregnancy and childbirth is a horrible and often preventable tragedy. It is epidemic in third world countries, sometimes 100 times the rate found in more medically advanced nations. Decreasing maternal mortality is high priority goal of the United Nations, and rightly so. Unfortunately, it

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Women’s Education Level, Maternal Health Facilities, Abortion Legislation and Maternal Deaths: a Natural Experiment in Chile from 1957 to 2007

Executive Summary: Koch et al. article PLoS ONE 2012, May 4 Available in http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036613 A thorough analysis of over 50 years of excellent maternal mortality data from the nation of Chile has revealed that the most important factor in reducing maternal mortality is the educational level of women. Educating women

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