Archive for December 19th, 2007
TIME Reports Abortion Low Birth Weight Preterm Birth Link
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007TIME has published an article on the study linking abortion to subsequent low birth weight and preterm birth.
Abortions increase the risk of low birth weight in future pregnancies by a factor of three, and of premature birth by a factor of two, according to the largest U.S. study of its kind.
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The study [...]
Previous Abortion and the Risk of Low Birth Weight and Preterm Births
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007An article (abstract) in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health investigates the link between abortion and low birth weight (LBW) and preterm birth (PB).
Conclusion: Previous abortion is a significant risk factor for LBW and PB, and the risk increases with the increasing number of previous abortions. Practitioners should consider previous abortion as a risk [...]
