Medical Risks
Press Release: Americans United for Life Responds to Supreme Court’s Denial of Review in Life Cases: A Huge Victory for Choose Life Plates in Arizona, Disappointment in Missouri and New Jersey Cases
Monday, October 6th, 2008Chicago, Illinois — In response to the U.S. Supreme Court announcement that it will not grant further review to life-related cases from Arizona, Missouri, and New Jersey, Americans United for Life (AUL) made the following statements.
Arizona Life Coalition v. Stanton requires that Choose Life license plates be offered in Arizona.
Denise Burke, AUL’s Vice President & [...]
Medical Risks Study
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008This is the fifth of a series of posts highlighting various studies that document medical risks from abortion.
Heightened Risk of Placenta Previa
Thorp, Hartmann & Shadigian, Long-Term Physical and Psychological Health Consequences of Induced Abortion: Review of the Evidence, 58 Obst. & Gyn. Survey 67 (2003)
Abstract:
Induced abortion is a prevalent response to an unintended pregnancy. The [...]
Heightened Risk of Pre-Term Birth Study
Monday, July 28th, 2008This is the fourth of a series of posts highlighting various studies that document medical risks from abortion.
Rooney & Calhoun, Induced Abortion and Risk of Later Premature Births, 8 J. Am. Physicians & Surgeons 46 (2003)
Abstract:
At least 49 studies have demonstrated a statistically significant increase in premature births (PB) or low birth weight (LBW) risk [...]
Heightened Risk of Pre-Term Birth Study
Thursday, July 24th, 2008This is the third of a series of posts highlighting various studies that document medical risks from abortion.
Heightened Risk of Pre-Term Birth (PTB)
Ancel et al., “History of Induced Abortion as a risk factor for preterm birth in European countries: Results of EUROPOP survey,” 19 Human Reproduction 734 (2004)
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to [...]
Heightened Risk of Pre-Term Birth Study
Monday, July 21st, 2008This is the second of a series of posts highlighting various studies that document medical risks from abortion.
Heightened Risk of Pre-Term Birth (PTB)
Moreau, et al., “Previous Induced Abortion and the Risk of Very PreTerm Delivery: Results of the EPIPAGE Study,” 112 Brit. J. Gyn 430 (April 2005).
Abstract:
There is some concern about the effects of induced [...]
Gonzales v. Carhart: One Year Later
Monday, April 21st, 2008Gonzales v. Carhart: One Year Later
Letting the People Decide
By Denise M. Burke
Vice President & Legal Director, Americans United for Life
One year ago, the public debate over abortion was irrevocably altered. In the landmark Gonzales v. Carhart decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal ban on partial-birth abortion and, more importantly, abdicated, at least in [...]
Just Posted at AUL.org: The Truth Behind Abortion Health Claims
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008by Clarke Forsythe and Dr. Donna Harrison
From the March 2, 2008 Our Sunday Visitor:
Thirty-five years after the Supreme Court legalized abortion in Roe v. Wade, women still do not know all of its health risks. The reasons for this are varied — a seriously inadequate abortion-reporting program at both the state and federal levels; obstruction [...]
Schedule for AUL Legal Institute Announced. Save the Dates June 23-26, 2008
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
AUL Legal Institute — June 23-26, 2008
Preliminary Schedule (subject to change)
Registration Coming Soon
Monday, June 23
9:00 — 9:15 am
Welcome
Daniel McConchie, M.A., Vice President & Executive Director, Americans United for Life
9:15 — 10:30 am
Abortion: The Ultimate Abuser of Women
TBD
10:45 — 12:00 pm
RU486 and the Coming Chemical Abortion Revolution
TBD
12:15 — 1:15 pm
Lunch with morning speaker (TBD)
1:30 — 3:00 [...]
Studies Relating to Long-Term Health Consequences of Abortion
Thursday, January 24th, 2008As we noted in the press release on the 35th anniversary of Roe, the five most well-documented medical risks from abortion are:
A heightened risk of pre-term birth in future pregnancy
An increased incidence of alcohol and drug abuse
An increased risk of suicide
A heightened risk of placenta previa in future pregnancies
The loss of protective effect against breast [...]
