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to Andy - didn't notice your reply before
::: Your statement seems to be plainly wrong. Many of the studies in Figure 2 show significant harm from [[abortion]] (95% confidence level), and nearly all of them show some harm at a lower confidence level. None of the studies show a benefit (95% confidence level) from [[abortion]]. And this figure compares abortion to no pregnancy at all; the harm is far worse when the real decision of a pregnant woman in choosing between abortion and childbirth is analyzed.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 20:35, 2 April 2008 (EDT)
::: Your statement seems to be plainly wrong. Many of the studies in Figure 2 show significant harm from [[abortion]] (95% confidence level), and nearly all of them show some harm at a lower confidence level. None of the studies show a benefit (95% confidence level) from [[abortion]]. And this figure compares abortion to no pregnancy at all; the harm is far worse when the real decision of a pregnant woman in choosing between abortion and childbirth is analyzed.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 20:35, 2 April 2008 (EDT)
::::Just noticed your reply, my apologies. My statement is not plainly wrong. Few of the studies in the figure show harm - for that to be the case, the confidence intervals, shown with horizontal bars (trying to do this from memory as I don't have the article in front of me) would have to ''not'' overlap with 1, represented by the vertical line. Virtually all of the confidence intervals, in both sections of the figure, overlap with 1. Also, the figure uses a 99% confidence level, not 95%. Because the samples for many of the studies are quite large, even a very small and not very meaningful effect could be significant at the 95% level. That is, an effect could be statistically significant without causing much of an increase in the risk. [[User:Murray|Murray]] 13:51, 22 April 2008 (EDT)
If no one minds, I'm going to delete #4. Even though fertility declines with age, that has nothing to do with abortion, and abortion doesn't cause STD's. [[User:Blinkadyblink|Blinkadyblink]] 17:56, 22 March 2008 (EDT)
If no one minds, I'm going to delete #4. Even though fertility declines with age, that has nothing to do with abortion, and abortion doesn't cause STD's. [[User:Blinkadyblink|Blinkadyblink]] 17:56, 22 March 2008 (EDT)