Abortion May Increase Risk of Autoimmune Disease

Surgical abortion may increase the likelihood of certain autoimmune diseases, according to a new report by Dr. Ralph P. Miech of Brown University. The researcher pointed out that as the placenta is destroyed during a surgical abortion, there is an increased "fetal-to-maternal transfer of fetal ... cells." These fetal cells may persist in the mother’s body for decades. "Activation of hibernating fetal microchimeric cells," Dr. Miech writes, has "been postulated to result in the initiation of an autoimmune disease." This would explain why women during their reproductive and post-reproductive years are more likely than men to develop many chronic autoimmune diseases. Dr. Miech has also performed research linking the abortion drug RU 486 to a rare bacterial infection. LifeSiteNews