Rep. Waxman: Induced Abortions Do Elevate Premature Birth Risk

RFFM.org ^ | Jan. 9, 2010 | Brent Rooney

[Daniel T. Zanoza]

Brent Rooney is a Canadian researcher and frequent contributor to RFFM.org.

For the first time ever there were SYSTEMATIC Reviews of the premature birth risk of prior induced abortions in 2009. 100% of three (3) (aka 'hat trick') SYSTEMATIC APB (Abortion Preterm Birth) studies reported that prior surgical abortions (including 'suction' abortion) elevate future risk of premature delivery. Honorable Rep. Henry Waxman (Democrat, California) has been challenged to find (on or before 1 Feb. 2010) a SYSTEMATIC APB Review that does NOT find that induced abortions boost preemie risk. Here is that OPEN Letter to Hon. Rep. Henry Waxman:

4 January 2010 Hon. Rep. Henry Waxman (D, California) 2204 Rayburn HOB Washington DC, 20515

Open Letter to Hon. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-California)

As a Congressman much concerned with the health of minority women, including Hispanic-American & Black-American women, you would not want these women to be subject to elective surgical procedures with a plausible higher risk of future premature & handicapped newborn babies. (I am a medical researcher & lead author of a recent study that revealed that the most common abortion procedure in the USA, “suction” (i.e. vacuum aspiration) abortion, has not been safety validated via a published animal study ...

[Dutchboy88]

So in what respect is abortion about reproductive “health”?

[Tawiskaro]

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