1,100 Excess Brain Damaged Babies are Born Yearly in US Due to Previous Abortions

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Found this article from LifeSiteNews.com posted on a MSN Group that I am a member:
1,100 Excess Brain Damaged Babies are Born Yearly in US Due to Previous Abortions
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April 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Recently, Australian Justice Michael Grove ruled that a Sydney girl, Kristy Bruce, was born with brain damage as a result of her mother’s uterine rupture – an apparent complication from a previous abortion. As a result, the girl’s family has lost their bid to sue the mother’s obstetrician for negligence. Kristy, now 15, was born at least 2 1/2 weeks overdue and has cerebral palsy.

Most babies with cerebral palsy due to their mother’s prior induced abortions are not overdue but are born prematurely, less than 37 weeks gestation, according to Brent Rooney of the Reduce Preterm Risk Coalition. Most abortion cerebral palsy victims are, in fact, “early preemies,” born before 32 weeks’ gestation, he claims.

Currently in the U.S. there are about 4 million births per year, with 11.6 percent of them born pre-term; about 17 percent of these pre-term babies are “early pre-term” babies.

Using data from a 1998 study of German women, Rooney contends that 35 percent of early preemies are in excess of what the total would be if no women had prior elective abortions. All this math means about 27,608 additional babies are born ‘early pre-term’ yearly to U.S. women, based on the estimate that 11 percent of U.S. women have had one abortion, and nine percent have had two or more abortions.

Of these 27,608 pre-term babies, roughly four percent will be born with cerebral palsy, Rooney argues. This translates to an extra 1,100 cases of children born with cerebral palsy in the U.S. annually.

Rooney concludes that, if it were not for abortion’s affect of increasing a woman’s tendency to have premature labour, 1,100 cases of cerebral palsy in newborns would not otherwise have occurred.

Rooney warns that the vast bulk of American women are never warned about the higher future risk of premature deliveries resulting from prior induced abortions.

The only state Rooney is aware of that gives full informed consent by warning women of this danger is Texas.

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Another one missed by the MSM.

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WanderAimlessly:
Another one missed by the MSM.

PF
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“Abortion has repercussions? Nonsense!” I’m sure this will just be challked up next to the breast cancer link as a scare tactic or propaganda dreamed up by the “anti-choice” movement. When will people learn?
 
INTERESTING!!! I have seen several studies that indicated premature births are more and more common and the researchers were unable to tie this increase to any factor. I am sure they didn’t look at prior abortions. I hope someone really pursues this further because premature babies have a lot of complications.

Lisa N
 
How often would uterine rupture occur with illegal, back-alley abortions? Almost certainly it would occur more often than it does now with legal abortions performed by valid physicians.
 
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norbert:
How often would uterine rupture occur with illegal, back-alley abortions? Almost certainly it would occur more often than it does now with legal abortions performed by valid physicians.
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So, are you saying we should have legal abortions because of the safety factor? Not sure I catch your point.
 
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norbert:
How often would uterine rupture occur with illegal, back-alley abortions? Almost certainly it would occur more often than it does now with legal abortions performed by valid physicians.
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Well quite honestly when abortion WAS illegal, the reality is that most of the providers were not some dark caped madman in a black cape but doctors willing to risk the fines or punishment.

Regardless, the incidence of women dying from botched abortions was quite small and if you look at the number of women who die or suffer from life threatening complications, or are rendered sterile, it is STILL HAPPENING WITH LEGAL ABORTIONS. The reality is that there are bad providers who are completely legal. There have been several recent cases that have made the news.

This is a red herring tossed out by the abortion lobby to justify their clinics that are all about money.

Lisa N
 
WanderAimlessly said:
1,100 Excess Brain Damaged Babies are Born Yearly in US Due to Previous Abortions
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No problem,.

The Culture of Death has an answer:

Just kill them AFTER they are born.
 
rastell said:
No problem,.

The Culture of Death has an answer:

Just kill them AFTER they are born.
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Unfortunately, you are probabaly right. The eugenics people will probabaly will try to get laws passed to allow them to do so. If I rememeber right, a Senator from the West Coast suggested laws letting mothers kill their babies three weeks AFTER they are born.

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norbert:
How often would uterine rupture occur with illegal, back-alley abortions? Almost certainly it would occur more often than it does now with legal abortions performed by valid physicians.
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Norbert - why don’t you look up how many abortions there were before abortion was legal vs. how many there are now. When you have that data, come back and tell us about the dangers of illegal abortion.
 
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norbert:
How often would uterine rupture occur with illegal, back-alley abortions? Almost certainly it would occur more often than it does now with legal abortions performed by valid physicians.
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Norbert:eek: First off what is your definition of valid physicians?Do you want to know what mine is?Well I am going to tell you anyway:nope: Do no harm:mad: That would include ripping a baby up or burning the baby in salt:mad: Have you ever seen the result of an abortion?I will gladly give you a linkhttp://bestsmileys.com/cartoon/3.gifWhen you do you ask yourself if a physician would do that:nope:
 
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Lisa4Catholics:
Norbert:eek: First off what is your definition of valid physicians?Do you want to know what mine is?Well I am going to tell you anyway:nope: Do no harm:mad: That would include ripping a baby up or burning the baby in salt:mad: Have you ever seen the result of an abortion?I will gladly give you a linkhttp://bestsmileys.com/cartoon/3.gifWhen you do you ask yourself if a physician would do that:nope:
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hail lisa!!! :bowdown2: :bowdown2:
 
My point is not that abortion is a good or desirable thing at all, just that safe abortion is preferred over unsafe abortion. Sure, complications of legal abortion can occur, just like with any other medical procedure. Making abortion illegal is not going to make it go away, though. If the concern (as initially posted) is about the possible consequences for future pregnancies after abortion because of its potential for uterine rupture, etc, then the way to allay that concern is to keep the procedure legal, where it can be performed in controlled, medical environments under the supervision of licensed physicians.
 
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norbert:
My point is not that abortion is a good or desirable thing at all, just that safe abortion is preferred over unsafe abortion.
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Do you know what you just said? All you have established is that when we are murdering people, it’s better to be accurate and reduce collateral damage.
Sure, complications of legal abortion can occur, just like with any other medical procedure. Making abortion illegal is not going to make it go away, though.
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Common argument, and utterly ridiculous. We don’t have laws so that crimes will disappear. We have laws because some things are wrong and we need the authority to punish perpetrators. Shall we legalize rape, murder, infanticide, arson, and anything else that still happens illegally, for no other reason than that it still happens? Of course not. This is a complete non sequitur.
If the concern (as initially posted) is about the possible consequences for future pregnancies after abortion because of its potential for uterine rupture, etc, then the way to allay that concern is to keep the procedure legal, where it can be performed in controlled, medical environments under the supervision of licensed physicians.
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The options, upon the illegalization of abortion, will not be preganancy vs. coat-hanger. In fact, the argument that back-alley abortions with such crude instruments was so prevalent back in the 50s or whenever is false. If something wasn’t, then it’s bit hard to go back to. Women will still be able to procure abortions, and will be able to do so safely. Chemical abortion is becoming more and more sophisticated.
But if abortion is illegalized, then the number of abortions will plummet, just as they skyrocketed upon its legalization. That’s the point that we’re making, norbert. Abortions will happen, and happen safely, but we want as few as possible, because abortion is intrinsically evil.
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Norbert you need to do some research here.
  1. How many abortions were performed yearly before abortions was legalized in 1973. (~10,000 see Bernard Nathanson’s book “Aborting America”)
  2. Now assume that if abortion was illegal the numbers would go back to that same level.
  3. Now we could assume a linear reduction from 1,500,000 abortions to 10,000 would result in the same reduction in children being born with brain damage would go from 1,100 to 7.3 a year.
You would then find that if abortion was illegal the number of woman, children, and families suffering this consequence of abortion (not to mention many more that our society is ignoring) are minute compared to the number with legalized abortion. Therefore your argument that keeping abortion legal to reduce this consequence, does not make any logical sense.

Anton
 
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AntonV:
Norbert you need to do some research here.
  1. How many abortions were performed yearly before abortions was legalized in 1973. (~10,000 see Bernard Nathanson’s book “Aborting America”)
  2. Now assume that if abortion was illegal the numbers would go back to that same level.
  3. Now we could assume a linear reduction from 1,500,000 abortions to 10,000 would result in the same reduction in children being born with brain damage would go from 1,100 to 7.3 a year.
You would then find that if abortion was illegal the number of woman, children, and families suffering this consequence of abortion (not to mention many more that our society is ignoring) are minute compared to the number with legalized abortion. Therefore your argument that keeping abortion legal to reduce this consequence, does not make any logical sense.

Anton
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I don’t know how many abortions occurred before abortion was legal. I certainly don’t think, though, that 99% of abortions which occur now would not occur if it was again made illegal. Maybe affluent people would be able to go to Canada or Europe to get the procedure, maybe poor people would be using coat-hangers or going to unlicensed or disreputable physicians, maybe babies would be born and left in garbage cans. Unwanted and unplanned pregnancy will certainly not go away by passing a law. If we are truly against abortion, though (as I am), I think we need to focus our energies on preventing unwanted pregnancy, with things like sex education for teens, and even acceding to (gasp) artificial birth control.
 
Sgt Sweaters:
Do you know what you just said? All you have established is that when we are murdering people, it’s better to be accurate and reduce collateral damage.

Common argument, and utterly ridiculous. We don’t have laws so that crimes will disappear. We have laws because some things are wrong and we need the authority to punish perpetrators. Shall we legalize rape, murder, infanticide, arson, and anything else that still happens illegally, for no other reason than that it still happens? Of course not. This is a complete non sequitur.

The options, upon the illegalization of abortion, will not be preganancy vs. coat-hanger. In fact, the argument that back-alley abortions with such crude instruments was so prevalent back in the 50s or whenever is false. If something wasn’t, then it’s bit hard to go back to. Women will still be able to procure abortions, and will be able to do so safely. Chemical abortion is becoming more and more sophisticated.
But if abortion is illegalized, then the number of abortions will plummet, just as they skyrocketed upon its legalization. That’s the point that we’re making, norbert. Abortions will happen, and happen safely, but we want as few as possible, because abortion is intrinsically evil.
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No, you don’t make sense. You want to make abortion illegal so that you can “punish the perpetrators.” Does that mean putting a scared 16 year-old girl in jail? Giving her the death penalty? It is murder, after all, just like the Holocaust. You admit it will not go away if illegal. You say that abortion will still be available, and “safe” as ever because of modern technology. I cannot accept that illegal abortion will be “safe,” especially if practioners and patients will be threatened with jail time or worse if they are caught engaged in the practice. What happens if Jane Doe starts to have uterine bleeding because of a mishap in the back-alley clinic? Will she go to the hospital to seek help, admit what happened, and face the consequences (jail)? Or will she stay at home, afraid and desperately hoping that the bleeding will stop on its own? You tell me. Maybe she deserves to die.
 
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norbert:
I don’t know how many abortions occurred before abortion was legal. I certainly don’t think, though, that 99% of abortions which occur now would not occur if it was again made illegal. Maybe affluent people would be able to go to Canada or Europe to get the procedure, maybe poor people would be using coat-hangers or going to unlicensed or disreputable physicians, maybe babies would be born and left in garbage cans. Unwanted and unplanned pregnancy will certainly not go away by passing a law. If we are truly against abortion, though (as I am), I think we need to focus our energies on preventing unwanted pregnancy, with things like sex education for teens, and even acceding to (gasp) artificial birth control.
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Norbert,what makes you think they would care about not having sex if they are open to murdering unborn babies:confused: I agree we need to promote abstaining from sex,but we also need to educate people and let them know there is a life there and you are commiting murder and when it is legal it says just the opposite:nope: Norbert I just read a response above from you:( By abortion being legal it is telling these scared 16 year olds this must be okay:tsktsk: I am a hair away from posting a link:nope:
 
While I agree with you that the best solution would be no unwanted pregnancies in the first place, I would say that considering that the availability and wide range of effective artificial contraceptives has not done much to end abortion, maybe teaching people how to use them isn’t a very good argument.

Let’s face it, sex is meant and intended to procreate. Even an atheistic evolutionary biologist will admit that. “Nature will out” People need to learn to be chaste, or at least accept the naturally consequences if not.

Will there still be unchastity. Of course, always has, always will. It is the age old temptation and does come natural. But your argument of making the abortion safe, because when people want to do something, and are determined to do it, whether it is right or wrong, should have their safety protected is illogical.

To me, that sounds like; the reasons for airbags in a car would be to protect me if choose to run over someone.
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norbert:
I don’t know how many abortions occurred before abortion was legal. I certainly don’t think, though, that 99% of abortions which occur now would not occur if it was again made illegal. Maybe affluent people would be able to go to Canada or Europe to get the procedure, maybe poor people would be using coat-hangers or going to unlicensed or disreputable physicians, maybe babies would be born and left in garbage cans. Unwanted and unplanned pregnancy will certainly not go away by passing a law. If we are truly against abortion, though (as I am), I think we need to focus our energies on preventing unwanted pregnancy, with things like sex education for teens, and even acceding to (gasp) artificial birth control.
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PJR:
While I agree with you that the best solution would be no unwanted pregnancies in the first place, I would say that considering that the availability and wide range of effective artificial contraceptives has not done much to end abortion, maybe teaching people how to use them isn’t a very good argument.

Let’s face it, sex is meant and intended to procreate. Even an atheistic evolutionary biologist will admit that. “Nature will out” People need to learn to be chaste, or at least accept the naturally consequences if not.

Will there still be unchastity. Of course, always has, always will. It is the age old temptation and does come natural. But your argument of making the abortion safe, because when people want to do something, and are determined to do it, whether it is right or wrong, should have their safety protected is illogical.

To me, that sounds like; the reasons for airbags in a car would be to protect me if choose to run over someone.
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Well said. The example I use is its like telling your drunk driver friend to at least buckle his seat belt.

Chastity of course is the answer. Artificial birth control gives the illusion of control and makes it easier to give in to sinful desires. The legal availability of abortion makes it seem like you have a reliable back up. Birth control and abortion promotes the sins against in the first place.

The legalization of birth control and then abortion took away the perception of consequences to sex outside of marriage, thus promoting sex outside of marriage. The very fact that they are legal gives the 16 year old the perception that it means it is okay, morally, medically etc. Just as she relys on the government to protect her by mandating seat belts or a school curriculum or what have you, she is relying on the government to say if abortion is legal and adamantly protected then it must be a great right to which she is entitled.

I know. I was that 16 year old.

Norbert, the availability of birth control encouraged my sexual activity. It failed. The availability and legality of the option of abortion allowed me to make that choice. I never gave it a second thought. Would you look me in my eyes and tell me that it is okay that I killed my first two children? Abortion is never okay, and mothers figure that out eventually. You find me a hundred women who will thank you for protecting that right ten years after it happens, and I will find you thousands who would ask why didn’t anyone tell me. . . why was I allowed to do this in my panic and fear? I have personally met hundreds, and over the internet, thousands of women in post abortion recovery programs. In your desire to protect the woman you are handing us the tool of our own destruction. Ask the women.

In Christ,
amy
 
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