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Monday September 20, 2004
French Medical Giant links Abortion to Preemie Births
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PARIS, September 20, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The French doctor who is internationally renowned for cutting the French preterm birth rate in half has linked preterm birth to abortion. Dr. Emile Papiernik published research this year that establishes the link.
Researcher Brent Rooney, with the Reduce Preterm Risk Coalition, informed LifeSiteNews.com that Papiernik and colleagues released a study of 10 European countries, including France, that reported that prior IAs (Induced Abortions) boosted the risk of very preterm (i.e. before 32 weeks' gestation) birth. One IA elevated every preterm risk by 1/3 and two prior IAs boosted the risk by 47%.
Rooney noted that preterm birth is the number one cause of neonatal death and disease. He said, "It is well known that the more preterm the birth, the higher the risk of cerebral palsy, a brain injury malady." He extrapolated the results of Papiernik's study saying, "Thus, this study suggests that fewer abortions will result in fewer preterm infants with handicaps."
See the abstract of the study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra...
Rooney concluded, "There are 51 statistically significant studies that report that prior Surgical Induced Abortions boost the risk of later preterm (or low birth weight) newborn."
The list of 51 studies is at the Reduce Preterm Risk Coalition Website: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/~whatsup/APB-Major.html
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