The killing of unborn babies has been sanitized by the abortion industry and its supporters by telling us that it is a legitimate 'Choice' and that if it not legalized women will die, They claim that legalizing abortion makes it safe but nothing could be further from the truth.
Legalized abortion is widely touted by them as being beneficial to women,
but a wealth of medical and psychological evidence suggests otherwise.
Women face numerous risks with abortion, legal or illegal,
and those risks are substantially greater in the developing world, yet some in
the international community for ideological reasons have focused their
resources primarily on legalizing abortion at the expense of women’s lives and
health.
The claim is, that making abortion legal makes it safe, but
medical research shows this to be false, the evidence is overwhelming, abortion
is dangerous for women. It is by its very nature a violent and damaging
procedure. Documented complications include hemorrhage, infection, cervical
damage, uterine perforation, pelvic disease and retained fetal or placental
tissue.
Large record-based studies from Finland[1],
Denmark[2]
and the United States[3]
found that maternal mortality rates were significantly higher after abortion
compared to childbirth. Long-term risks of abortion, including subsequent
preterm birth, infertility, cancer, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and placenta
previa, can substantially impede future reproductive success.
Abortion is also associated with increased risk of negative
psycho-social consequences. For example, a 2011 meta-analysis published in the
British Journal of Psychiatry[4]
found an 81 percent increased risk of mental health problems. Anxiety,
depression, alcohol and drug use and suicidal behaviors have been found to
increase following abortion, along with damage to key relationships.
In the developing world, these dangers increase where basic
maternal health care is unavailable. The incidence of maternal mortality is
mainly determined by the quality of maternal health care. Legalization does not
improve outcomes, but only increases the number of women subjected to the risks
of abortion.
Abortion needlessly puts women at serious risk, both physically
and psychologically and rather than legalize or promote it, governments should
protect the equal dignity and basic rights of all human beings, including women
and their unborn children.
