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Show Page - 34 1983 Sunday, September 18, THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Teen Abortion Safer Than Pregnancy By ED LION Abortion is (UPI) safer for teens than women in their 20s or older and the risk of death from abortion in teens is nearly six times less than from - BOSTON childbirth, researchers reported Thursday. (Note: The names used are fictitious): "There's been a belief that because young girls have a smaller cervix, (the mouth of the womb) abortions are more dangerous for them," said Dr. David Grimes of the Centers for Disease Control in and lower complication rates than older women in later abortions. And they have a significantly lower death rate." A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that for every 100,000 abortions among any complications that might occur." 0 The study, analyzing nearly abortions in the 1970s, also found abortion is becoming increasingly safer with the death and complication rates dropping. compared to safety is presumably due to more experience by physicians, safer methods and the fact women are having abortions earlier in their pregnancies, with "generally the earlier the abortion, the safer." teens there are Grimes said the improved deaths 1.3 or more deaths per 100,000 for women over 20. Each year American women one-thir-d of them teenagers have more than 12 million abortions. 2 Grimes said doctors think teenagers have a lower death rate Atlanta. "But we've found that teenagers have generally the same rate of serious complications as older women in the first three months because "generally they are healthier being younger their bodies can recover better from Abortion Called An "From statistics see that abortions are becoming more safe and now are safer than giving birth," Grimes said. . "One study found teenagers we was about for women of seven-fol- d all ages." In the latest study, researchers found teenage girls suffered between 1 to 3 serious complications aborper 1,000 tions the most widely used method in the nation during the first three months of pregnancy. . Older women suffered roughly the same rate of complication in "Raw Silk" has creatively combined the latest looks for fall, and interwoven them into real life situations. the first three months. But it found in the second three months teenagers suffered "significantly" lower complication rates than older women of pregnancy, to feed an army. You hear about your does one resolve an excommunication? Does the Pope have to give his blessing before a person can get back? I would not suggest anything to her because she might tell me to MYOB. Will you print some information on the subject? I know she reads your co umn every day. Please help her. Lost Sheep Dear Lost Sheep: I asked Father Theodore Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame, to answer this one. Here is his response: "It is true that there is an Springs. Mrs. Garton added that the s and whole lies" the "half-truth- Soviet Union has used to explain why it shot down a Korean Air Lines jet with 269 people on board are similar to the arguments used to justify abortion. People continue to deny that a person is killed when an abortion is performed, despite "scientific information' ' to the contrary, Mrs. Garton said. About 80 people attended the day-lon- g workshops at the Right to Life convention, and another 100 more attended Saturday evening's "Night for Life" dinner. Rev. Dennis day, a Catholic priest, urged those attending the convention to continue to use "single issue voting" to oppose abortion, adding that he viewed abortion as an even greater threat to mankind than nuclear war. "I'll hold my breath and hope the world doesn't blow up," Day said, "but I perceive my unborn Ann Landers proven that he is a compassionate, caring priest, seeking always to heal and help. What a splendid example for all the clergy! Dear Ann Landers: I read these heartwarming comments in a throwaway neighborhood paper recently. Having grown up in a small town, they really took me back to my roots. Sorry, there was no attribution. I hope you will print it. A Madisonian Who Admires You Dear Madisonian: What a refreshing commentary! Thanks for sending it on. It is sure to jar loose some wonderful memories. EVERYWHERE, USA You know you're in a small town when You don't use your turn signal because everyone knows where you are going. You dial a wrong number and talk for 15 minutes anyway. You call every dog on the street by name and he wags his tail at you. You get married and the local newspaper devotes a quarter page to the story. You write a check on the wrong bank and they cover for you. You miss a Sunday at church ll cards. and get six excommunication penalty attached to 'procuring an abortion. However, the person who has the abortion must be aware that this penalty exists and go ahead and have it anyway. The question of prime importance: Did the young woman know about this church law? "In the event that she did know and had the abortion anyway, she can be absolved of the sin by confessing it to any priest. I believe most bishops delegate to all their priests the power to absolve from this excommunication, even though it is technically known as a 'reserved sin.' "I would advise the woman to make a good confession, put this matter behind her and start anew. It certainly is not a question of the church not wanting her. The church exists to help everyone who needs it." de- stroyed now in the holocaust of abortion." Another speaker at the conven- tion was a woman who said she had become pregnant by a rapist, but decided to keep her child. "All of a sudden, I could see why abortion is so prevalent and Committee chairman is Nan Rowley, with Barbara Conlin, Beverly Tregeagle, Susan Joan Lewis, Ann Hair-stoJuel Belmont and Jean Shurtleff. , Clo-war- d, n, Fashions are designed to Herald Want Ads Bring Results daughter-in-law'- s pregnancy before she does. (The gal who did the lab the church," I really believe she wants to belong to the church again, and I feel that somehow she could. How innocent human beings die each day in our country," Dr. Jean Garton told the first state convention of Wyoming Right to Life a week ago last Saturday in Rock Fashions are by ZCMI Fashion Coordinator Sarah Young, with Joann Cathrun as hair stylist and Vel Viso supplying the cosmetics. The day of your father's funeral the neighbors bring in enough food Dear Ann: I have a very dear friend who was reared a Catholic. When she was a young woman, she had an abortion, which, as she says, automatically excommunicated her from the church. She does not practice any relisays, "If the church gion now doesn't want me, then I don't want anti-aborti- ion experience, with beautiful models creating the illusion. The show will be staged Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Riverside Country Club. Reservations must be in by Monday. suction-curettag- e Catholics Excommunicated ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (UPI) -The national president of the Lutherans for Life said she does not understand how people can condemn the loss of life on the downed South Korean airliner and not be outraged by abortion. "The same people who called the airplane incident an atrocity refuse to acknowledge that 4,000 catch the viewer up" in the drama of the "Raw Silk" fash- Riverside Ladies organization will open the season with the presentation of a unique fashion show: "Raw Silk." For Abortion Atrocity brothers and sisters being 165,-00- were 5.9 times more likely to die as a result of giving birth than having an abortioa And the risk of death from birth versus abortion Riverside Ladies Set 'Raw Silk' Fashion Show work is your next-doo- r neighbor.) The day your kitchen caught on fire you received 22 invitations to supper. You drive into a ditch five miles out in the country and word gets back to your family before you do. Thank the good Lord for small towns and the people in them. 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