Abortion Drastically Increases Risk of Pre-Term and Low-Weight Births

We all know that abortion is the deliberate destruction of the life of an unborn baby. What is not commonly known are the side effects to women who abort. One of them is that women who have one or more abortions face a drastically increased risk of having a premature baby or a low weight infant.

Scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University published a report late last year in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. After examining data of over 45,500 mothers giving birth in the U.S., they found that 11% of all women had low weight infants and 14% had premature births. Women who had one abortion were almost three times more likely to have a low weight infant. Women who had two prior abortions saw their risk increased to five times more likely to have a low weight infant. Three abortions carried nine times the risk.

Women with one prior abortion were 70% more likely to experience a premature birth. This risk was increased to two times more likely to have a premature birth with two prior abortions and three times more likely with three or more abortions.

The scientists concluded that: “Previous abortion is a significant risk factor for low birthweight and pre-term birth and the risk increases with the increasing number of previous abortions. Practitioners should consider previous abortion as a risk factor.”

Barbara