ABORTION STATISTICS AND SOURCES
Abortion is four times deadlier than childbirth.
Gissler, M., et. al., “Pregnancy-associated deaths in Finland 1987-1994 — definition problems and benefits of record linkage,” Acta Obsetricia et Gynecolgica Scandinavica 76:651-657 (1997).
Suicide after abortion is seven times more likely than suicide after birth.
Mika Gissler, Elina Hemminki, Jouko Lonnqvist, “Suicides after pregnancy in Finland: 1987-94: register linkage study” British Medical Journal 313:1431-4, 1996.
http://www.afterabortion.org/PAR/V8/n2/finland.html#N_2_
Risk of breast cancer almost doubles after an abortion
H.L. Howe, et al., “Early Abortion and Breast Cancer Risk Among Women Under Age 40,” International Journal of Epidemiology 18(2):300-304 (1989); L.I. Remennick, “Induced Abortion as A Cancer Risk Factor: A Review of Epidemiological Evidence,” Journal of Epidemiological Community Health, (1990);
Emotional, mental, and psychological disorders are 63% more likely after abortion than delivery
Coleman PK, Reardon DC, Rue VM, Cougle JR. “State-funded abortions vs. deliveries: A comparison of outpatient mental health claims over five years.” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2002, Vol. 72, No. 1, 141–152.
A baby has a heart beat by the third week.
At ten weeks, a baby can smile, frown, wince, and pout.
William J. Larsen (2001). Human embryology. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0-443-06583-7.
A baby is able to survive outside of the womb before the third trimester
Jon F. Merz, B.S., M.B.A., J.D., Ph.D. Glenn McGee, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. “Abortion,” Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2008.
A baby can see, hear, and taste at seven months.