The 2004 Europop Study, and the 2005 Epipage Study INDUCED ABORTION: A RISK FACTOR FOR SUBSEQUENT PRETERM BIRTH?? TWO RECENT EUROPEAN STUDIES SAY “YES” A number of investigations into a possible association between induced abortion and subsequent preterm birth have occurred over the past 30 years. Many of the early studies found no association. Then, […]
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THE 2003 CALHOUN-ROONEY LITERATURE REVIEW: Lumley Study, 1993 and 98; Bavarian Study, 1998; Danish Study, 1999 Reference: Calhoun, B, Rooney, B; Induced Abortion and Risk of Later Premature Birth; (Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Volt 8, #2, 2003). Calhoun and Rooney comment on 4 important studies dating from 1993 to 1999. The Lumley studies
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THE THORP LITERATURE REVIEW, 2002 Reference: Thorp, et. al., Long term Physical and Psychological Health Consequences of Induced Abortion: Review of the Evidence; (OB GYN Survey, Vol 58 #l, 2002). 6 studies, totaling 10,790 patients, show no association between spontaneous abortion (“miscarriage”) and subsequent preterm birth. 12 studies, totaling 34,929 patients, showed no association between
The results of this study support the inclusion of induced abortion among significant independent risk factors for breast cancer. Although the increase in risk was relatively low (RR 1.3), the high incidence of both breast cancer and induced abortion suggest a substantial impact of thousands of excess cases per year. The 1996 Brind Metanalysis (pdf
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The Daling study was specifically commissioned and funded by the United States National Cancer Institute to investigate the abortion/breast cancer link. 845 women with breast cancer were compared with 961 controls. Janet Daling’s group found an overall 50% breast cancer risk increase by age 45 for women who have had an induced abortion. A 12%
The Howe study, done in 1989, was based totally on a prospective data base from the state of New York (both fetal death and breast cancer being mandated as reportable diseases). There is no possibility of “recall bias” influencing the result. The study found a 90% increase in breast cancer by age 40 among women