Multiple abortion promotes maternal death

Single induced abortion increase the risk of maternal death by 45 percent compared to women with no history of abortion, according to a new study of all women of reproductive age in Denmark over a 25 years period.

The study found that each additional abortion is associated with a higher death rate. Women who had two abortions were 114 percent more likely to die during the period examined, a women had three or more abortions had a 192 percent increased risk of death. Elevated rates of death were also observed among women who experienced miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies or other natural losses.

Among women with a history of multiple pregnancies, women with the history of both abortion and natural losses, but no live births had the highest mortality rate. Women who had never been pregnant had the highest mortality rate overall. However, women with the history of successful deliveries were the least likely to die during the 25 years examined.