Women's Deaths from Abortions

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Unsafe: death rates – women are dying, too

On this page ... Unwanted abortions, coercive, negligent or assembly-line medical practices, forced abortions and homicide (the #1 killer of pregnant women) are endangering, maiming or killing women, too. After abortion, 65% suffer symptoms of PTSD and maternal death rates are nearly 4 times higher, reflecting profound exploitation, danger, psychological and physical injury to women, including under-reported but significant death rates.

Higher Risk of Death
Articles, Studies and Information on Death Rates
More News About Botched Abortions and Maternal Deaths

Fact Sheets About Aftereffects
Forced Abortion in America, including Maternal Homicide

Higher risk of death

* Higher death rates for women after abortion have been found in large record based studies from three countries: the U.S., Finland and Denmark.

* Compared to women who give birth, women who abort have an higher risk of death from all causes, which persists for at least eight years, a U.S. record based study found. Higher risk of death from suicide and accidents were most prominent.

A new record based study has found that having multiple abortions increases the risk of maternal death.

Articles, Studies and Experts' Reports on Death Rates

Deaths Associated with Abortion

A review of published studies on death rates after abortion - Dr. David C. Reardon, et. al.

Abortion Is Nearly Four Times Deadlier Than Childbirth
New studies unmask high maternal death rates - Acta Obsetricia et Gynecolgica Scandinavica, 1997

Why U.S. abortion mortality statistics don't tell the whole story, and some women's deaths are overlooked.

Death Rate of Abortion Three Times Higher than Childbirth: 13-year Population Study in Published in Top OB/Gyn Journal

Abortion Linked to Elevated Mortality Rate Among Women

How Safe Is Abortion? by Beverly McMillan, M.D.

Study Shows Abortion Death Rates Much Higher than Previously Known

New Zealand Study Finds Violence Increases Risk of Abortion