re: #375 Charles

That’s simply not true. Having an abortion at an early stage is MUCH safer than carrying a baby to term.

And I’m not advocating abortion by saying that — it’s a documented medical fact.

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?