Abortion harmful to women
A recent editorial in the North American press argued that abortion is “just another operation.” Nothing could be further from the truth. Consider the following ways abortion can harm a woman’s mental and physical health:
- In her testimony before a Senate subcommittee in 2004, Dr. Elizabeth Shadigan testified that, “abortion increases rates of breast cancer, placenta previa, pre-term births and maternal suicide…Statistically, all types of deaths are higher with women who have had induced abortions.”
- After extensive research, Dr. Joel Brind, Professor of Endocrinology at City University of New York, concludes, “the single most avoidable risk factor for breast cancer is abortion.” Women who have abortions increase their risk of breast cancer by a minimum of 50 percent and as much as 300 percent.
- Post-abortion specialist David Reardon writes, “In a study of post-abortion patients only 8 weeks after their abortion, researchers found that 44% complained of nervous disorders, 36% had experienced sleep disorders, 31% had regrets, and 11% had been prescribed psychotropic medicine by their family doctor.” This study is significant since some women show no apparent effects from their abortions until years later.
Mother Teresa saw abortion, not only as harmful to women, but as “the greatest destroyer of love and peace.” This is what she had to say, “Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use any violence to get what they want. If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell people not to kill one another?” You tell me.
