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things you'll never hear from the pro abortion side (and the irony, given we hear so much about "women's health"):
(and aside from the fact that's almost 100% fatal to the baby)
"Summary of Known Health-Risks of Abortion"
quote:
In an increasingly health-conscious society, why does abortion lack a “warning label?” Numerous, welldocumented studies in peer-reviewed medical journals demonstrate that abortion poses significant medical risks for women.
1. Abortion has undisputed immediate health risks.
The undisputed risks of immediate medical complications from abortion include blood clots, hemorrhage, incomplete abortions, infection, and injury to the cervix and other organs.1 Abortion can also cause cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, renal failure, metabolic disorder, shock, and missed ectopic pregnancy.
Immediate medical complications affect approximately 10 percent of women undergoing abortions, and approximately one-fifth of these complications are life threatening.2
2. Studies reveal that the long-term physical and psychological consequences of abortion include an increased risk of:
◦subsequent preterm birth;
◦placenta previa (a complication during pregnancy where the placenta partially or totally covers the mother’s cervix and which can cause severe bleeding before or during delivery);
◦serious mental health problems;
◦breast cancer as a result of the loss of the protective effect of a first full-term pregnancy;
◦miscarriage;
◦and death.
3. The known, substantial health risks of chemical abortions may be significantly underreported.
Because of its known dangers, the use of the mifepristone and misoprostol chemical abortion drug regimen (also commonly referred to as “RU-486”) has been strictly regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On its website, the FDA notes, “Since its approval in September 2000, the [FDA] has received reports of serious adverse events, including several deaths, in the United States following medical abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol.” A 2011 FDA report31 accounts for at least 2,207 cases of severe adverse events, including hemorrhaging, blood loss requiring transfusions, serious infection, and death.
Thousands of reported instances of serious adverse events, including death, already raises alarm. The concern for women’s health and safety is heightened when considering the known inadequacies of what is being reported to the FDA about chemical abortions and that FDA reports capture “only a small proportion of events that actually occur.”
since its planned parenthood (pretty bad misnaming there by the way) on the table, a small aside:
quote:
Only after women died and suffered serious infections did Planned Parenthood stop the vaginal use of misoprostol, an off-label use never approved by the FDA. In her “whistleblower” lawsuit filed against Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Sue Thayer alleges that, lacking the ability to care for these women at their own facilities, Planned Parenthood’s “telemed” chemical abortion patients who later experienced significant bleeding were told “to go to an emergency room and report that they were experiencing a spontaneous miscarriage.”
http://www.realhealthcarerespectslife.com/summary-of-known-health-risks-of-abortion/
this next bunch is particularly good in that it (and a lot of good material at the site) comes from a convert:
"How Abortion Hurts Women: The Hard Proof"
quote:
In order to persuade the personally opposed pro-choicer like me, then, we must address this 1970s feminist fallacy that abortion is necessary for womens sexual equality and well-being. In point of fact, medical evidence, sociological data, and the lived experience of many women tell a very different story: Abortion harms women physically, psychologically, relationally, and culturally.
Heres the proof.
Women who have had abortions suffer an increased risk of anxiety, depression, and suicide
A study published in a recent edition of the Journal of Anxiety Disorders found that women who aborted their unintended pregnancies were 30 percent more likely to subsequently report all the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder than those women who had carried their unintended pregnancies to term. A study of a state-funded medical insurance program in California published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry in 2002 showed that the rate of mental health claims for women who aborted was 17 percent higher than those who had carried their children to term. And, according to a 1996 article in the British Medical Journal and a 2002 article in the Southern Medical Journal, the risk of death from suicide is two to six times higher for women who have had abortions when compared, again, with women who have given birth. [the website gives all the references]
Abortions Second Victim
Its no wonder that 81 percent of women surveyed in a 1992 study reported in the Journal of Social Issues said they felt victimized by the abortion process, and that they were either coerced into the abortion or that information about alternatives or the actual procedure had been withheld.
http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/controversy/abortion/how-abortion-hurts-women-the-hard-proof.html
more, as if that weren't already enough, a little more with some overlap:
"How abortion hurts women"
quote:
Medical, psychological evidence shows that abortion poses numerous risks
Psychological risks of abortion
In addition to its risks to a woman’s physical health, abortion can have negative psycho-social consequences. A 2011 meta-analysis published in the British Journal of Psychiatry found an 81 percent increased risk of mental health problems among women who had undergone abortions; nearly 10 percent of the incidence of psychological problems was directly attributable to abortion. These problems included anxiety, depression, alcohol use, drug use and suicidal behavior.
A large-scale Finnish study found that the suicide rate following abortion was nearly six times greater than the suicide rate following childbirth. Conversely, although abortion is sometimes justified on the basis of mental health, a 2013 study concluded that the termination of unintended pregnancies had no therapeutic psychological benefit.
Abortion can also damage a woman’s relationships with her partner and others and can adversely affect men and children. Many women and men now regret their decision to procure or encourage an abortion, and many seek support and help to deal with their grief.
http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2013/08/how-abortion-hurts-women/#.Vqfkb7n2aic
and lastly:
"Abortion Harms Women"
quote:
Psychological Effects of Abortion
•Alcoholism – Abortion doubles the risk of alcoholism in women.[4] Studies have shown an increased risk of alcohol abuse during subsequent pregnancies following an abortion.[5]
•Child Abuse – Abortion is linked to depression, violent behavior, and difficulty in bonding to children born subsequent to an aborted pregnancy. One study indicated that women who had an abortion history reported more frequent slapping, hitting, kicking or biting, beating, and use of physical punishment compared to women without an abortion history.[6]
•Divorce and Relationship Problems – Many post-abortive women have trouble forming lasting bonds and report substantial conflict within their relationships.[7]
•Drug Abuse – Abortion is linked to subsequent drug abuse. One study found that the use of illicit drugs among post-abortive women is 6.1 times higher than for those without a history of abortion.[8] Another study showed that post-abortive women were 4.5 times more likely to abuse drugs during subsequent pregnancies.[9]
•Post Abortion Syndrome (PAS) – At least 19 percent of women who have had abortions suffer from PAS. About half of women who have had abortions suffer from many, but not all, of the symptoms of PAS. The symptoms include anxiety attacks, irritability, outbursts of rage, sleep difficulties, flashbacks of the abortion experience, reactions of intense grief on the date of abortion or the baby’s due date, nightmares about the abortion, and drug or alcohol abuse.[10] The best evidence regarding negative effects of abortion indicates that 10-30 percent will experience serious psychological problems.[11]
•Psychological Impairment – Women with a history of abortion are 81 percent more likely to encounter psychological health problems.[12] This includes a 34 percent greater risk of anxiety issues and a 37 percent higher rate of depression.[13]
•Repeat Abortions – Studies indicate that nearly half of all abortions are repeat abortions that carry risks such as substance abuse and premature birth in subsequent pregnancies.[14] Women who have undergone repeat abortions are also 80 percent more likely to experience vaginal bleeding in subsequent pregnancies, greatly increasing the risk of perinatal mortality.[15]
•Sleep Disorders – Women who underwent abortions were twice as likely to seek treatment for sleep disorders in the first six months after pregnancy than women who had given birth. The higher risk for sleep disorders persisted for four years following an abortion, although not at as high a level.[16]
•Suicide – One study of post-abortive women in California found that those who elected to have an abortion were 2.6 times more likely to die of suicide compared to those that carried their babies to term.[17]
•Thoughts of Suicide – A study published in 2009 indicated that post-abortive women are 60 percent more likely to experience thoughts of suicide following the procedure.[18]
http://azpolicypages.com/life/abortion-harms-women/
focusing for a moment on just the psychological health---given such devastating effects, we're left with the questions:
is the cause of them because the pro-lifers are out there are causing this horrible dissonance and conflict?
or the more likely, women, who are equipped to be mothers (oh no comrades, a traditional view espoused!) have an internal sense of the grievous wrong that has been committed and they simply cannot deal with it?
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RE: Planned Parenthood Cleared in Texas....BUT - 
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