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Old 12-29-2005, 03:02 PM
HelloKitty22 HelloKitty22 is offline
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While I will agree that what I said had emotional impact. It did come directly from fact. When Pro-Lifers ride around town with a 5 ft tall fetus on a truck that's literally a big distortion. In my experience the pictures are almost exclusively of extremely late term fetuses that don't in any way reflect common first trimester abortions which most women have. My story was, I believe, a pretty typical story from the time period.
Furthermore, I am familiar with the article you cited. That article refers to four women who died from a very rare infection. The article didn't suggest abortion was unsafe and in fact says that the health department is looking into the cause, so that it can be stopped. Infection is a pretty common problem with surgery and procedures of all kinds. It is being addressed the right way by health care professionals. Even with the risks of abortion, which are low, abortion is still safer than childbirth. This is a statement quoted directly from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: "Abortion is a low-risk procedure. An early abortion has less risk than a later one. Both are lower risk than carrying a pregnancy to term."

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