Canadian Study Finds Strong Link Between Abortion and Premature Birth

Dr. Ghislain Hardy, a third year resident in obstetrics and gynecology at McGill, and his team did a chart review of 17,916 women who delivered at Royal Victoria Hospital. Of their sample, 13% had obtained one abortion and 5% had procured two or more. Women with one past abortion were 45% more likely to give birth before 32 weeks, 71% more likely to do so at less than 28 weeks, and more than 50% more likely at less than 26 weeks. They noted that the link was even greater where the woman had more than one abortion. LifeSiteNews