( Why aborting women have (at least) a 150% increased AIDS risk)
26 October 1998
Who has a higher risk of contracting AIDS, a person with a strong immune system or a person with a weak immune system? Those who do not know that a weak immune system is the easier 'road' to AIDS, should read Rethinking Aids (Robert Root-Bernstein, PhD). Who is more likely to have a weak immune system, a woman who smokes, 'boozes', has VD, and takes oral contraceptives or a woman with none of these 'factors'? Why should oral contraceptives reduce the strength of the immune system? "Birth control pills rob the body of nutrients. Many pill-users are seriously deficient in folic acid, as well as vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12, C, E and essential minerals such as zinc and magnesium. A pill-user's need for vitamin B6 is 50 to 100 times greater than normal requirements. " [1] Women who resort to induced abortion are at a much elevated risk of smoking, VD, binge drinking and taking oral contraceptives.
How much increased risk of AIDS for women who have induced abortions? The Lancet is a prestigious medical journal. In 1992 it reported a 154% increased risk of HIV infection for women who chose induced abortion versus women who chose delivering babies. [2] Also in 1992 the prestigious British Medical Journal reported a 554% increased HIV risk for women who chose induced abortion versus women who delivered. [3] In 1997 the European Journal of Epidemiology reported a 172% increased HIV-1 risk for women who chose abortion. The lowest risk increase of these 3 studies is 154%!!
Promise fullfiled?
'Birth control' (i.e. birth prevention) advocates promised a revolution in women's health. They have delivered, but only if you believe that AIDS wiping out women is a benefit. However, worse than AIDS is that aborting women are much more likely to start smoking cigarettes. How can the U.S. president fight teen smoking but promote induced abortion?
article references-
[1] The Birth Control Pill: A Dangerous Drug, ALIVE, Paula Linquist, 1998;189:20-21
[2] HIV infection at outcome of pregnancy in the Paris area, France, The Lancet, R Gillot, et al., 1992;340:707-709
[3] Prevalence of HIV among childbearing women and women having terminations of pregnancy: multidisciplinary steering group study, British Medical Journal, D Reid,et al., 1992;304:1082-1085
[4] Deliveries, abortion and HIV-1 infection in Rome, 1989-1994, European Journal of Epidemiology, D Abeni, et al., 1997;13:373-378
[5] Low Birth Weight in Relation to Multiple Induced Abortions, American Journal of Public Health, J Daling, et al., 1992;82:391-394
Healthy Choices for Women,
Mike Richmond
email: newscan@vcn.bc.ca