Abortion and Preemies
Abortion Raises the Risk of Premature Delivery Later in Life: Women with a history of induced abortion were at higher risk of very preterm delivery than those with no such history (OR + 1.5, 95% CI 1.12.0); the risk was even higher for extremely preterm deliveries (<28 weeks). BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & […]

Abortion Raises the Risk of Premature Delivery Later in Life: Women with a history of induced abortion were at higher risk of very preterm delivery than those with no such history (OR + 1.5, 95% CI 1.12.0); the risk was even higher for extremely preterm deliveries (<28 weeks).

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Volume 112 Issue 4 Page 430 – April 2005: Women with a history of induced abortion were at higher risk of very preterm delivery than those with no such history (OR + 1.5, 95% CI 1.12.0); the risk was even higher for extremely preterm deliveries (<28 weeks).


 A new report from France has information of which every young woman faced with the choice of abortion should be aware. 

The report was created to evaluate the risk of preterm birth associated with previous induced abortions (that is, abortions and not miscarriages). The authors used a scientific formalism to control for possible unintended study bias, and based their results on a sampling of the population of France (2,837 early births).

The outcome was quite dramatic. Quoting from the results of the study:

“Women with a history of induced abortion were at higher risk of very preterm delivery than those with no such history (OR + 1.5, 95% CI 1.12.0); the risk was even higher for extremely preterm deliveries (<28 weeks). The association between previous induced abortion and very preterm delivery varied according to the main complications leading to very preterm delivery. A history of induced abortion was associated with an increased risk of premature rupture of the membranes, antepartum haemorrhage (not in association with hypertension) and idiopathic spontaneous preterm labour that occur at very small gestational ages (<28 weeks). Conversely, no association was found between induced abortion and very preterm delivery due to hypertension.

Conclusion: Previous induced abortion was associated with an increased risk of very preterm delivery. The strength of the association increased with decreasing gestational age.”

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