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Brent Rooney is a Canadian researcher and frequent contributor to RFFM.org. For the first time ever there were SYSTEMATIC Reviews of the premature birth risk of prior induced abortions in 2009. 100% of three (3) (aka 'hat trick') SYSTEMATIC APB (Abortion Preterm Birth) studies reported that prior surgical abortions (including 'suction' abortion) elevate future risk of premature delivery. Honorable Rep. Henry Waxman (Democrat, California) has been challenged to find (on or before 1 Feb. 2010) a SYSTEMATIC APB Review that does NOT find that induced abortions boost preemie risk. Here is that OPEN Letter to Hon. Rep. Henry Waxman: 4...

For every 100 babies born in New York City, women had 74 abortions in 2004, according to newly released figures that reaffirm the city as the abortion capital of the country. And abortions for out-of-town women performed in the city increased from 57 to 70 out of every 1,000 between 1996 and 2004, a subtle yet noticeable trend that experts say may reflect growing hurdles against the procedure in more conservative parts of the country.The new Vital Statistics report released by the city Department of Health this month shows there were 124,100 live births, 11,700 spontaneous abortions and 91,700 induced...