Deaths Associated With Pregnancy Outcome

Reardon, David C.; NEY, PHILIP G.; SCHEUREN, FRITZ; Cougle, Jesse R.; Coleman, Priscilla K.; STRAHAN, THOMAS W.

doi:10.1097/00007611-200208000-00010

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“…As scholars have pointed out ( 26 ), intense disinformation exists about the relationship between abortion and mental health. Much of the scholarship which claims that having a first trimester abortion can have a negative effect on mental health is characterized by severe methodological flaws (e.g., selection issues and omitted variable biases) ( 31 , 32 ). As a result, the medical and scientific communities have vigorously pushed back and illustrated the flaws in such claims ( 11 , 33 – 36 ).…”

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“…Observation counts differ across estimations due to variation in nonresponse across each mental health survey item. (e.g., selection issues and omitted variable biases) (31,32). As a result, the medical and scientific communities have vigorously pushed back and illustrated the flaws in such claims (11,(33)(34)(35)(36).…”

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The impact of abortion restrictions on American mental health

Anderson,

Burtch,

Greenwood

2024

Sci. Adv.

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The overturning of Roe v. Wade has led to numerous states enacting new abortion restrictions. However, limited empirical evidence exists regarding the general mental health impact of these bans. Leveraging the nationwide Household Pulse Survey, we evaluate the impact of emergent gestational limits and outright bans on self-reported mental health status between July 2021 and June 2023 using a difference in difference approach. Responses indicate a significant increase in reports of mental distress after the institution of such restrictions. These effects appear to persist at least 4 months following a ban and are moderated by household income and education but not by sex, race, age, marital status, or sexual orientation. Less educated and less wealthy subjects reported greater mental health distress compared to wealthier, more educated groups. These results suggest that the institution of abortion restrictions has had broad negative implications for the mental health of people living in the US, particularly those of lower education and personal wealth.

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The impact of abortion restrictions on American mental health

Anderson,

Burtch,

Greenwood

2024

Sci. Adv.

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“…Our findings are consistent with the previous findings suggesting that a history of pregnancy loss is associated with a greater risk of poor cardiovascular health. Current evidence mainly comes from retrospective cohorts and disease registry databases (38)(39)(40), most of which have reported a higher CVD risk in women with pregnancy loss. Similarly, prospective cohort studies also revealed that women with reported exposure to pregnancy loss had a greater risk of CVD than women without pregnancies ending in pregnancy loss (38,41).…”

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Previous pregnancy loss and gestational cardiovascular health: A prospective cohort of nulliparous women

Yin

Wang

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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ObjectivesTo estimate the association of previous pregnancy loss with subsequent cardiovascular health during gestation and to examine the role of high-sensitivity C reactive protein (hs-CRP) in the association.MethodsA total of 2,778 nulliparous pregnant women were recruited between March 2015 and November 2020 in Hefei city, China. Their cardiovascular health (CVH) including prepregnancy body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, total cholesterol, fasting plasma glucose, and smoke status were recorded at 24–28 weeks’ gestation, as well as their reproductive history. Multivariate linear and logistic regression were performed to examine the association of pregnancy loss with cardiovascular health. And the role of hs-CRP between pregnancy loss and CVH was assessed by the mediation analysis.ResultsCompared with women who have no pregnancy loss, women with a history of spontaneous or induced abortions had higher BMI (β, 0.72, 95% CI, 0.50 to 0.94) and fasting plasma glucose (β, 0.04, 95% CI, 0.01 to 0.07), and had lower total CVH scores after adjusting for confounders (β, −0.09, 95% CI, −0.18 to −0.01). CVH scores were most significantly decreased among women with 3 or more induced abortions (β, −0.26, 95% CI, −0.49, −0.02). The contribution of pregnancy loss to poorer gestational CVH mediated by increased hs-CRP levels was 23.17%.ConclusionPrevious pregnancy loss was associated with poorer cardiovascular health during gestation, which may be mediated by their gestational inflammatory status. Exposure to miscarriage alone was not a significant predictor of poorer CVH.

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“…Despite this artifice, it is an indisputable fact that all studies which employ record linkage have found that mortality rates associated with childbirth are significantly lower than those associated with abortion. 8 In my view, your failure to address the criticisms made of your methodology or to offer any arguments against the claimed superior methodology of record-linkage studies is inexplicable.…”

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