On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 10:50:08PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > According to _Planning Your Pregnancy and Birth, Third Edition_ by The > American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (copyright 2000), having > 1 abortion will have no effect on future pregnancies, but having more than 1 > abortion may increase the risk of having a preterm baby. (Page 8.)
Does your book give any statistics on the matter? I glanced at the list of 48 sources JDG's article mentioned. Even with my meager knowledge of medical literature, I recognized a number of the journal names, so I guess they aren't crackpots (maybe one of the medical professionals on the list can confirm my guess?) One remaining question I have when I'm not familiar with the literature like this, and someone "proves" a subject by listing a lot of papers that support the viewpoint, is whether there exist hundreds of other papers that support the opposite viewpoint. In other words, does most of the literature agree or is this a highly contentious issue still? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
