Abortion's Secret Consequences

In 2008, Norwegian researcher Dag Moster co-authored a study that found that an “extremely premature newborn (under 28 weeks' gestation) had 9.7 times the autism risk of [a] full-term newborn (at least 37 weeks' gestation).” Research has already indicated that one of the negative effects of surgical abortion is that subsequent pregnancies are premature.

That's quite a stretch isn't it?

Research has indicated that post abortion births are often premature, and other research show higher risk factors of premature babies to have autism,

My sister's son has autism, she NEVER had an abortion. My son was 16 days overdue, I did have an abortion 6 years prior......looks like this study is 0-2 in my family.

I'm probably going to sound politically schizophrenic here:

Every human is precious and dear. I do not know when an embryo becomes a viable human being-- perhaps when it can survive outside of the womb? I have a friend who JOKINGLY says that she feels that abortion should be legal until the child is 21-- but that is on a day when her kids are driving her bonkers and they are teenagers. I see her point, at times, myself. :-)

I have a very close friend who chose to end a pregnancy because her child was going to be born with severe mental retardation and physical problems. She and her husband did not make the decision without speaking with her pastor. She was 32 at the time. I think that she made a very wise choice. She has two healthy, lovely children who were at term.

I had a child at 43. At that time, my son had a 75% chance of being born with Down's Syndrome. We went through the genetic counseling and I had an amnio. I thank God every day that I did not have to make a choice.

Perhaps one pro-choice research is that, as an indicator of poverty, poor school performance, etc., children born to children have a really lower chance in life. Yes, there are hundreds of exceptions, but, in general, the children of children do not have the chances in life to be successful, as those born to an older, more mature and settled, mother.

Medically, I've never heard or read that having an abortion made any difference whatsoever. My son was premature, but I was 43 and very ill. He is fine and dandy and the miracle of my life.

I think it is up to the person having the baby. It is not a form of birth control, and I know of no one who makes the decision lightly. I also know of no one who has made the decision that was permanently scarred for life with emotional guilt. Yes, they are sad about it, it was a horrible thing, but it was the best decision made at the time.

Personally, I am pro-choice. I am also pro-life in that you also have to think about the mother's life. Situations happen-- we may not like it, as a society or as a parent, etc., but it is something that we must deal with.

Isn't it better for a mother to have her children when she is physically and emotionally mature enough to take care of her child? Does anyone one but me notice that the only ones having children are the people of the lower socio-economic stratus that can't afford abortions, or don't quite qualify for help until they have a child, which perpetuates the cycle of poverty?

If anyone yells at me, please, I've thought about this a lot. No one is going to change my mind, and I don't really want to listen to any attacks... Please feel free to discuss, but do not attack.

Autism, another severe condition that no one in the medical community can figure out...........usually medical conditions that arise out of nowhere (such as children being born without arms and/or legs) or increase exponentially such as autism are eventually traced right back to the medical community or pharmaceutical industry. In the first example here, thalidomide. In the second example, there is mounting evidence that not just the number of vaccines given to infants and children are extreme, but that the multiples given in one injection, or the improper spacing of injections could well be the culprit. We had a grandson born perfectly normal who became severely autistic sometime in his 3rd year. That doesn't just "happen". There is a reason for it. And my daughter in law never had any abortions to my knowledge. Had she, it would have been none of my business anyway, unless she wanted it to be.

I also can't stand the way that the word abortion is bandied about by candidates for political office. It's become such a tar and feather word that they know they will get a gazillion votes based on that alone. My mother liked Obama but couldn't vote for him since he was not specifically anti-abortion. So, she voted for the other guy, who thought that killing people in the Middle East for the next 100 years would be OK.

Sorry, I did not mean to get political here, cause I don't like to discuss any of it generally........I'm just using it as an example.

People need to get real with themselves and ask themselves which they like best...........termination of a doomed pregnancy or wait til the children are teenagers, then throw them into war and terminate their life as well as the lives of innocent citizens (have any or these "moral" deciders stopped to think that some of these women killed are or were actually pregnant???????????).

OK, I don't usually get this worked up and I have a migraine from the heat. Time to go off line.

Like you, Dowser, I'm a schizo on the abortion issue. I am also pro-life AND pro-choice. It's an individual decision, often left to the woman with not much time to decide..........

Even good ole Sarah P had the thought that aborting Trig might be "convenient". Convenient???? Give me a barf bag. I doubt most women facing this awful decision had that be the first word pop into their head. Maybe they actually thought about the life the child would have to endure, or for other reasons.

I think it's time for my meds for this headache. At my age, I have no chance of becoming pregnant. Perhaps a study could be launched about why so many people are moralistic jerks..........OK, put a fork in me, I'm done.

**********I don't know how to "de-clip" or depublish from a group however can someone who can do so help out here? This is a locked group discussion, and I think in error it got published to all of NV**************

Thanks.........

Well Dowser, maybe we wouldn't have gotten some of the very thoughtful posts, such as yours, if it hadn't happened.............but anyway I'll try to get in touch with the author of the seed, or maybe he or she will check back in..........looks like they have not been on NV very long, so might not know how to do this either. I think it can be done, but then with having a migraine, I'm not thinking too well..........

Thanks