Was it a mere fluke that the Institute of Medicine identified “Prior first trimester induced abortion” as an “Immutable Medical Risk Factor Associated with Preterm Birth” in the 2006 & 2007 editions of its mammoth book about preterm birth?[1]; URL: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11622&page=625 ] On 12 January 2009 three (3) preterm birth heavyweights (Dr. Jay Iams, Dr. Robert Romero & Dr. Robert L. Goldenberg) confirmed the IoM finding in a medical journal of the highest prestige, Lancet, on page 165.[2]
Two 2009 massive studies confirm that women with prior IAs (Induced Abortions) have higher risk of premature (under 37 weeks' gestation) and handicapped newborn babies.[3,4] A woman who delivers a baby under 32 weeks' gestation also doubles her lifetime risk of breast cancer.[5,6] In February 2009 Dr. Hanes Swingle (U. South Alabama) reported that women with prior IAs raised their relative odds of a birth under 32 weeks' gestation by 64%; Dr. Swingle and colleagues used data from 4 prior studies to get that result.[3] Babies under 32 weeks' gestation have 55 times the Cerebral Palsy risk as fullterm (at least 37 weeks ) newborns.[7] Canadian Dr. Prakesh Shah, who is employed by the Mount Sinai Hospital ( Toronto ) and the University of Toronto, and colleagues, using data from 37 prior studies report that 1 prior IA boosts relative preterm birth odds by 35% but more than 1 prior IA raises preterm birth odds by 93%.[4] Dr. Shah advocates that women receive informed medical consent about the abortion-premature birth of prior induced abortions before the procedure is performed.
But are these two (2) massive 2009 studies enough to demonstrate that induced abortions pose an increased risk of preterm birth and thus CP risk? In the 'Court of Medicine' a 'defendant' new surgery (or new drug) is presumed guilty of serious adverse side-effects until by strong evidence it is demonstrated to be 'innocent'. This is the exact opposite of a court of law, where the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
In 2007 Dr. Calhoun, Dr. Shadigian, & Brent Rooney (MSc) estimated that there were 1,096 newborn U.S. babies under 1,500 grams with CP in 2002 due to their mother's prior induced abortions.[9]
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19301572?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
[ http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11622&page=625 ]
URL: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122591273/abstract
URL: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/data/336/7657/1332-a/DC1/1
[ URL: http://www.jpands.org/vol8no2/rooney.pdf ]
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