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December 2014

New Study Proves, Yet Again, That Abortion Is Extremely Safe

Jezebel
December 9, 2014

A new study has affirmed yet again that abortions in the United States are extremely safe, with major complications happening in less than one quarter of one percent of the cases studied.

Large Study Confirms That Abortion Is Extremely Safe

Think Progress
December 9, 2014

Major complications stemming from abortion are extremely rare, occurring in less than a quarter of a percent of cases, according to one of the nation’s most comprehensive studies to date into the s

Abortion complication rates are 'very low,' study says

UPI
December 9, 2014
The major complication rate of abortion procedures are "rare," less than that of a colonoscopy, researchers at a university in California say.

New 'No Duh' Study Shows That Abortion Complications are Really, Really Rate

Feministing
December 9, 2014
UCSF researchers have released the most comprehensive study to date on complications after abortion.

Study of Over 50,000 Abortion Patients Finds Low Complication Rate

RH Reality Check
December 9, 2014
Researchers who studied more than 50,000 California Medicaid patients who obtained legal abortion care in the state concluded that “major complications” after legal abortion care are extremely rare, and that overall, legal abortion care has a “very low complication rate.”

Abortion Complications: Major Adverse Effects Of An Abortion Are Extremely Rare

Medical Daily
December 9, 2014
A recent study conducted at the University of California, San Francisco has found that major complications associated with an abortion are extremely rare and occur about as frequently as complications associated with a colonoscopy.

Major Complication Rate After Abortion Is Extremely Low, Study Shows

HealthCanal
December 9, 2014
In the most comprehensive look yet at the safety of abortion, researchers at UC San Francisco have concluded that major complications are rare, occurring less than a quarter of a percent of the time, about the same frequency as colonoscopies.

Major Complication Rate After Abortion Is Extremely Low, Study Shows

UCSF Today
December 9, 2014
In the most comprehensive look yet at the safety of abortion, researchers at UC San Francisco have concluded that major complications are rare, occurring less than a quarter of a percent of the time, about the same frequency as colonoscopies.

Major complications after abortion are extremely rare, study shows​

Science Codex
December 8, 2014
In the most comprehensive look yet at the safety of abortion, researchers at UC San Francisco have concluded that major complications are rare, occurring less than a quarter of a percent of the time, about the same frequency as colonoscopies.

Abortion Complications Are Rare, No Matter What the Right Says​

Daily Beast
December 8, 2014
A new study followed 50,000 women who received abortions. Only 126 of those women experienced complications.