Congressional Hearings Needed on Abortion

Congressional Hearings Needed on How Abortion Kills, Hurts Women | LifeNews.com: In the U.S., there are two sources of data on abortion deaths and complications, both equally unreliable: the Centers for Disease Control and the Alan Guttmacher Institute. Both rely on voluntary (not mandatory) reporting. Neither has any reliable mechanism for double-checking the accuracy of the submitted information. Given the currently available data, even the most basic questions about abortions cannot be reliably answered, including:

• How many abortions are done annually in the United States?
• What are the immediate and long-term risks from abortion?
• How many women die from surgical and Mifeprex abortions?
• How many women suffer damage to their reproductive organs after abortion?
• How many women are hospitalized after botched abortions?
• How many women commit suicide after abortion?
• How many women suffer major depression after abortion?
• How many women experience preterm birth in their next pregnancy because of damage done during the abortion of their last child?

Women need this kind of basic medical information before they make a decision to abort. And it is the responsibility of Congress to make sure that the agencies responsible for public health collect the information that women have a right to know.