LINK BETWEEN ABORTION AND RISK OF PREMATURE BIRTH; ALLEGED NEWS

EVERY YEAR, AN ESTIMATED FIFTEEN MILLION CHILDREN WORLDWIDE ARE BORN PREMATURELY; ALLEGED NEWS. [1]
  Complications from preterm birth, before thirty-seven weeks gestation, are the leading cause of death in children under five years of age; Alleged News. [1]

One million infant deaths
In 2013, an estimated one million children died due to premature birth; Alleged News. [1]

In 1970, the preterm birthrate in the US was 6.6%. In 2006, it rose to 12.6%. Currently, the US has approximately 517,000 premature births annually, and the numbers continue to rise; Alleged News. [1]

In the last twenty years, there are only three nations where the rate of premature births has not risen; Alleged News. [1]

Link between abortion and premature birth
Increasing body of research has found a link between abortion and premature birth; Alleged News. [1]
  In research, a 'link' is properly termed a 'positive association' or 'increased risk' or 'risk factor'.
  It does not define a cause and effect relationship between the risk factor and the condition.
  It is important to know that having a risk factor does not mean you will definitely come down with a particular condition, just that you are at an increased risk of developing it. [1]

Documentary film Hush
In Director Punam Kumar Gill's new documentary film Hush, she interviewed women who had multiple abortions, and later suffered from complications in their subsequent pregnancies: Alleged News. [1]
  One lady she interviewed lost ten children due to cervical incompetence; Alleged News.
  "My amniotic sacs would leak through, it would hourglass, and then pop and my babies would be born preterm," she said; Alleged News. [1]

Subjective research to objective research
Director Gill turned her investigation from the subjective experiences of the women she interviewed, to the objective research being carried out on risk factors for preterm birth; Alleged News. [1]

During pregnancy, the cervix is designed to stay tightly closed. This is in order to protect the developing baby inside the uterus [womb].
  Abortion providers perform a surgical abortion. This is done by introducing instruments into the body of the woman, which force the cervix open.
  This action can weaken, or tear, the cervical muscles.
  Thereafter some women in subsequent pregnancies may experience 'cervical incompetence' and be unable to carry their baby to term.

Dr John Thorp
Director Gill interviewed Dr John Thorp in order to find out his expert opinion on the link between abortion and premature birth.
  Dr. Thorp is the North American Editor of the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the interim Director of the University of North Caolina Center for Women's Health Research; Alleged News. 
  Doctor Thorp has spent his career researching the risk factors of premature birth, Alleged News. [1]

  Dr Thorp told Director Gill, 'A prior termination [of pregnancy] puts somebody at about one and a half to two times the risk of prematurity in a subsequent pregnancy. Not only does it increase the risk of a preterm birth, it even more so increases the risk of these very tiny babies being born early, where all the death, disability, and expense arises', Alleged News. [1]

  This means that an abortion increases a woman's risk of her next pregnancy being premature.
  Her risk of this increases by about one and a half to two times.
  The risk to the premature babies is also increased. Factors which can arise are death of the baby, disability of the baby, expenses. [1]

Meta-analysis
In 2009, a meta-analysis [study of the available research] was published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
  Thirty seven studies were examined. The meta-analysis found that there was a 36% increased risk of preterm birth after one abortion and a 93% increased risk after two or more abortions; Alleged News. [1]

In 2013, a study on the link between abortion and premature birth was published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada; Alleged News. [1]
  This study found that extreme preterm births of twenty-four weeks or less, were most impacted by abortion; Alleged News. [1]
  Extreme premature babies are the most likely to die, and the most expensive to medically care for.
  Such preterm births were more than twice as likely for women who had one abortion; Alleged News. [1]

Dr Martin McCaffrey
Dr McCaffrey is a specialist in neonatal medicine in North Carolina; Alleged News.
  Doctor expressed his frustration that despite more than eighty studies showing an association between abortion and premature birth, few women know about the risks when facing their pregnancy decision.

Premature Births
It is essential for every woman to have full knowledge of decisions affecting her health and wellbeing.
  When considering termination, it is important to know that not only is there a proven link between abortion and breast cancer, [2] but that abortion can affect her subsequent pregnancies with prematurity difficulties.

Movie 'Hush'

https://vimeo.com/131709100

Hush Trailer
https://www.reelhouse.org/mightymotionpictures/hushfilm/hush-international-trailer

[1] Buyer beware; this action could double the risk of premature birth; Alleged News
https://www.care-net.org/abundant-life-blog/buyer-beware-this-action-could-double-your-risk-of-premature-birth

[2] Link between abortion and breast cancer; Alleged News
http://lumierecharity.blogspot.ie/2016/12/link-between-abortion-and-breast-cancer.html

With thanks to vimeo.com, reelhouse.org and  care-net.org