"J.D. Giorgis" wrote:

> At least 48 published studies have shown significantly higher risk of
> premature birth and low birth weight deliveries among women with a history
> of abortion.(1-48) One of the best, a Danish record based study (1), found
> the risk doubled after just one abortion. Multiple abortions increase
> the risk even more. A doubling of risk among an estimated one-fourth of
> delivering women who have a prior history of abortion would result in a
> 25 percent rise overall.

Can you provide a link to this study?

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.)

        Julia
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