Massive German Study Confirms Abortion Significantly Increases Premature Birth Risk

Wednesday February 11, 2009
By Kathleen Gilbert

February 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A huge German study has further substantiated the link between abortion history and an increased risk of future premature births.

Dr. Manfred Voigt and his German colleagues evaluated over two million pregnancies between 1995 and 2000, making the 2008 study the most massive AVP (Abortion Very Preterm Birth) study in the last 30 years.

The control group of women in the study had no history of induced abortion, miscarriage or stillbirths. The rate of premature births in the control group was compared to that of three separate groups: women with abortions in their medical history (but no miscarriages or stillbirths), women with only miscarriages in their history, and women with only stillbirths in their history. the rest