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→Problems with this article: the problem with studies like this is that they are used by partisans to justify their preconceived notions
:: The term "spontaneous abortion" is not recognized by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, and does not even appear in the definition for [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/miscarriage miscarriage]. While I am open-minded about this, so far it appears to be an effort to confuse the important distinction between abortion and miscarriage, and thereby confuse the very different health effects. Apparently it did confuse 25% of the respondents to the questionnaire in this study.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 12:28, 2 May 2007 (EDT)
:: The term "spontaneous abortion" is not recognized by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, and does not even appear in the definition for [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/miscarriage miscarriage]. While I am open-minded about this, so far it appears to be an effort to confuse the important distinction between abortion and miscarriage, and thereby confuse the very different health effects. Apparently it did confuse 25% of the respondents to the questionnaire in this study.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 12:28, 2 May 2007 (EDT)
If I may interject, the problem with studies like this is that they are used by partisans to justify their preconceived notions. It's like the ''New York Times'' claiming that women are more likely to be beaten by their husband than by anyone else; therefore, it's better for women to single than married. You have to dig into it to discover that they included the most violent category of live-in lover as a "husband" in the study, i.e., a man to whom the woman is not legally married (no marriage license).
So many other studies have similar problems. I first started learning about "statisticulation" like this by reading [[Darrell Huff]]'s classic on junk math: ''How to Lie With Statistics''. I got 760 on my math SAT, so I'm awfully hard to fool. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 12:35, 2 May 2007 (EDT)