YONKERS, New York, January 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The latest edition of Consumer Reports compares contraceptive methods, including abortion as a means of contraception. WorldNetDaily also reported today that James A. Guest, CEO of Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports, was once head of Planned Parenthood Maryland.
Jayne Wallace, a communications consultant with Consumers Union, told WND, “The fact that [Guest] worked for Planned Parenthood had nothing to do with this article.”
The Consumer Report claims that abortion fatalities are 1 per 100,000 v 11.3 per 100,000 for carrying a baby to full-term, figures typically used by pro-abortion organizations that disseminate misinformation on abortion and contraception.
In fact, a study of pregnancy-associated deaths published in a March 2004 issue of the “American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology” (AJOG) has found that the mortality rate associated with abortion is 2.95 times higher than that associated with pregnancies carried to term.
American Life League president Judie Brown also points out that “a woman obtaining an induced abortion is 6 times more likely to die from suicide (intentional injury) than women who give birth, and 3 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population.” Brown also highlights that the information given by Consumer Reports about the pill fails to mention that, besides preventing ovulation, the pill also causes abortion by preventing a newly formed baby from implanting within the mother’s womb.
“If this organization is serious about presenting fair, unbalanced, unbiased information about this ‘product,’ it needs to include the most important fact about this drug: the birth control pill can and will kill preborn babies,” Brown says in a release.
“Consumer Reports needs to get its facts straight on birth control pills,” Brown continues. “Otherwise, it should focus on its traditional reviews of sewing machines and toasters.”
Write to: Consumer Reports, 101 Truman Ave., Yonkers, NY 10703-1057.
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