re: #391 Aceofwhat?

In 2005, there were 7 deaths among 800,000-ish reported abortions (not all states reported, so the ratio isn’t perfect). During the same year, i believe that there were 12 deaths per 100,000 births.

But they aren’t counted the same. Any death within a year after the delivery that can be said to have been aggravated by the pregnancy is considered a pregnancy-related death, but not so for an abortion related death.

Both rates, therefore, are infinitesimally low once you control for preexisting conditions.

Want the CDC and other links?

I don’t think you’ll like what the CDC really has to say about this issue, because the actual statistics demonstrate conclusively that carrying a baby to term is indisputably more dangerous than having an abortion at a very early stage of pregnancy.

You’ve been getting too much of your information from fundamentalist anti-abortion sites.