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• Abortion is a medical procedure.  Yet many times abortions are performed in non-medical facilities.
• Abortion has been linked to causing breast cancer:
  A 15 year old American girl has a 10% lifetime risk of breast cancer. If she gets pregnant in her teens and has the baby she reduces her risk to 7.5%. However, if she has an abortion, her risk rises to 15% (assuming she has at least one child in her 20's). If the abortion sterilizes her and/or for other reasons, she never has another pregnancy, her risk rises to 30%. (notes 1)
• 24.3% experience complications in future pregnancies. Complications include: excessive bleeding, premature delivery, cervical damage, and sterility. (notes 2)
• Uterine perforations. Uterine perforations can often occur and sometimes may go unrecognized and untreated. (notes 3)
• Placenta previa - a condition producing extremely severe, life threatening bleeding in future pregnancies. Statistics show a 600% increased risk following abortion. (notes 4)
• Increased bleeding in subsequent pregnancies (notes 5)
• Retention of placenta - increased in subsequent pregnancies.  (notes 6)
• 200% increased risk of miscarriage after two or more abortions (notes 7)
• 160% increased risk of tubal pregnancy (notes 8)
• Increased risk of abnormal positioning of the baby in future pregnancies after one or more abortion. (notes 9)