“In the pre-antibiotic era prior to World War II, sepsis was the principal cause of maternal mortality. Even during this period, hospitals which did not perform abortions had maternal mortality rates that were no higher than other institutions where so-called “therapeutic abortion” was practiced.”
Professor of Medicine Dr. Eugene F. Diamond. According to Diamond, the situation is the same today, even with modern antibiotics, lending credence to the belief that abortion is not, in fact, safer than giving birth. (Read about some of the complications of abortion, Physical and emotional.)
Judie Brown “The Facts about Abortion: The Life Guide Volume 3 (Stafford, Virginia: American Life League, Inc., 1998) 36 to 37
Of course, now most abortions (over 90%) are performed in clinics. But 40 years before Roe versus Wade, when abortion was extremely restricted but still available in some cases, hospitals that legally performed them had death rates comparable to hospitals that only handled births. Both birth and abortion carried the same risk in this time period. Abortion did not save lives, even when performed legally.
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