Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Women who have just one abortion face 35% increased risk of having a premature baby
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk
Women who have abortions could be posing a risk to future children, according to research published today.
A Canadian medical study found that those who abort a pregnancy could run the risk of giving birth to premature of low-weight children in subsequent pregnancies.
It discovered that women who had undergone more than one abortion had a 72 per cent increased risk for low birth weight and 93 per cent risk of prematurity.
It also found that women who had an abortion in the first or second trimester had a 35 per cent increased risk of giving birth to a low-weight birth baby and a 36 per cent increased risk of having a premature baby,
The study was set up to investigate why babies are born premature and underweight.
The researchers looked at 37 studies around the world carried out between 1965 and 2001 to determine whether previous abortion may be one of the factors.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1213784/Abortions-pose-risk-future-babies-says-study.html#ixzz0RLNY26UE
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