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B, Tyrer L. "Health benefits of legal abortion: an analysis.." //NCBI//. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 1985. Web. 16 Aug. 2012. .

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 * illegal abortion may carry a risk of death as much as 30 times that of legal abortion.
 * One state (SD) fails even to comply with the Hyde Amendment, instead providing coverage only for lifesaving abortions.
 * Currently only seventeen states fund abortions for low-income women on the same or similar terms as other pregnancy-related and general health services.
 * If a woman chooses to carry to term, Medicaid (and other federal insurance programs) offer her assistance for the necessary medical care. But if the same woman needs to end her pregnancy, Medicaid (and other federal insurance programs) will not provide coverage for her abortion, even if continuing the pregnancy will harm her health.
 * The costs associated with childbirth, neonatal and pediatric care greatly exceed the costs of abortion, public funding for abortion neither costs the taxpayer money nor drains resources from other services.
 * In 1983 more than 1.3 million procedures were performed -- a figure close to the estimated number of illegal abortions performed before 1970
 * The number of abortion-related deaths in the US decreased between 1972 and 1980, from 90 to 16. Most of this decrease resulted from the availability and safety of legal abortion.
 * In 1955, a panel of experts could only provide a "best estimate" of between 200,000 and 1,200,000 illegally induced abortions occurring annually in the US.
 * illegal abortion may carry a risk of death as much as 30 times that of legal abortion.
 * Complications were related to ineffective or unsafe methods, Sepsis, particularly with the bacterium "Clostridium prefringens," which causes gas gangrene, was a major problem that has virtually disappeared.
 * Each year prior to the 1970s, more than 100 women in the US died of abortion complications.
 * In 1983 more than 1.3 million procedures were performed -- a figure close to the estimated number of illegal abortions performed before 1970.
 * The number of abortion-related deaths in the US decreased between 1972 and 1980, from 90 to 16. Most of this decrease resulted from the availability and safety of legal abortion.
 * Legal abortion carries an especially low risk of death, particularly when performed in the 1st trimester.
 * In 1955, a panel of experts could only provide a "best estimate" of between 200,000 and 1,200,000 illegally induced abortions occurring annually in the US.