Content warning: This post is about abortion.
Abortion discussions online, like so many personal and emotional topics, are rife with misinformation.
Here we correct 4 big misconceptions: we’ve seen floating around:
- Both childbirth and abortion come with risks, but in general the risks are higher for childbirth.
- Abortion has no effect on breast cancer risk.
- Abortion has no effect on future fertility.
- Abortions are very common, and you probably know someone who has had one.
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Content warning: This post is about abortion.
Abortion discussions online, like so many personal and emotional topics, are rife with misinformation.
So here are 4 abortion myths, busted.https://t.co/h8J2IYXjSa#ScienceUpFirst pic.twitter.com/Q5vTF1nVC9
— ScienceUpFirst | LaScienced’Abord (@ScienceUpFirst) May 18, 2023
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Sources
- History of Abortion in Canada
- The comparative safety of legal induced abortion and childbirth in the United States
- Abortion services in Canada: access and safety
- Abortion and Breast Cancer Risk
- Abortion Care
- Can an Abortion Affect Your Fertility?
- Quantifying the global burden of morbidity due to unsafe abortion: Magnitude in hospital-based studies and methodological issues
- Abortion Statistics in Canada
- Population estimates on July 1, by age and gender
- Induced abortion in Canada 1974-2005: trends over the first generation with legal access
