Thursday, April 06, 2006

Massive numbers of illegal abortion deaths a myth

I would like to thank Granny Gump from the Real Choice Blog for this link about mass abortion deaths in Canada.

http://realchoice.blogspot.com/

Here's the Medical Post Letter to the Editor explaining the details:

http://www.medicalpost.com/mpcontent/article.jsp?content=/content/EXTRACT/RAWART/3528/15A.html

QUOTE:

The number of deaths of women from illegal abortions in Canada in the years just prior to abortion being legalized was declining markedly.

According to Statistics Canada, the number of abortion deaths was:
1957: 32 deaths
1963: 25 deaths
1966: 13 deaths
1969: 11 deaths

At the time when there was keen debate on the merits or otherwise of legalizing abortion, there were claims that tens of thousands of women died each year from illegal abortions. These were fabricated.

This discussion on this subject is excellent because it is high time that myths were blown away.