• Women Who Experienced Sexual Assault Pregnancies Say, "Ask Us"

• During Prematurity Awareness Month, Women Not Told of Abortion Link

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Women Who Experienced
Sexual Assault Pregnancies Say, "Ask Us"

Petition Signers Say Using Their Situation to Promote Abortion
Stops Women from Getting Authentic Help

 

Abortion and sexual assault pregnancy is a difficult subject for many people, especially since no one wants to hurt those who have already been traumatized. For many, abortion seems like a compassionate answer for women and girls who become pregnant as a result of rape or incest.

 

But a group of women who experienced pregnancies resulting from sexual assault say that policymakers need to listen to those who've been there, instead of using this issue to promote abortion.

 

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During Prematurity Awareness Month,
Women Not Told of Abortion Link

 

November is Prematurity Awareness Month, dedicated by activists to highlighting the risks of and impact created by preterm birth. According to the March of Dimes, more than half a million babies are born prematurely in the United States alone each year. Yet most people — including women at risk of abortion and their loved ones — are unaware that abortion has been linked to an increased risk of preterm birth among subsequently born babies.

In a paper published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2009, a Canadian research team examined data from 37 studies and found that having a prior abortion increased the risk of subsequent preterm birth by 36 percent, while having more than one prior abortion increased the risk by 93 percent. (Preterm birth is defined as a birth that takes place before 37 weeks gestation.) 

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