U.S. Funded Health Search Engine Blocks "Abortion" As Keyword

jane2007 submitted, created time 9 months 3 days (www.abcnews.go.com)

A U.S. government-funded medical information site that bills itself as the world's largest database on reproductive health has quietly begun to block searches on the word "abortion," concealing nearly 25,000 search results.

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Study linkes abortion to low birth weight, but equates abortion and miscarriage

Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 2 weeks (www.time.com)

Although a few previous studies have linked abortion to low birth weight and premature birth (both of which strongly affect a child's ability to survive) in a woman's later pregnancies, this is the first one that has a pool of data large enough to adjust for things like the woman's socioeconomic status, marital status, size and weight and other factors that can also affect birth weight. Although this puts it miles ahead of other studies, it still has one major problem: It does not distinguish between induced abortion and spontaneous abortion (AKA miscarriage)

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Medical Abortion and the Risk of Subsequent Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

jiangyun submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (content.nejm.org)

The long-term safety of surgical abortion in the first trimester is well established.We found no evidence that a previous medical abortion, as compared with a previous surgical abortion, increases the risk of spontaneous abortion, ectopic pregnancy, preterm birth, or low birth weight.

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