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- From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
- Subject: Re: Peter shows his ignorance, once again.
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 06:37:51 GMT
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- In <nyikos.725147807@milo.math.scarolina.edu> nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos) writes:
- >
- >In the meantime, I hope you can help me correct an entry in
- >Dr. Willke's _Abortion: Questions and Answers_. Here it is, as
- >it appears on p. 108 of the Fourth edition.
- >
- > Women who had one induced abortion had a 17.5% miscarriage
- > rate in subsequent pregnancies, as compared to a 7.5%
- > rate in a non-aborted group.
- > Richarson & Dickson, "Effects of Legal Termination
- > on Subsequent Pregnancy," _British Med. Jour., vol. 1,
- > 1976, pp. 1303-04.
-
- Perhaps I can help. How about adding the following note:
- Of course, it should be noted that is from a British journal from
- 16 years ago, and describes a problem with techniques that are probably
- no longer used in the US. There is *no* evidence of problems with
- later childbearing among women who have an early abortion performed by
- the most common method used *today* - vacuum aspiration.
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- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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