Does having an abortion increase one's chances of breast cancer? Planned Parenthood says, "No. No. No. No. No. There is no truth to this at all. It is one of those nasty myths invented by anti-choice organizations to frighten women away from having an abortion. Two years ago, the federal government put together a team of researchers to review the many studies that have been done on this over the years. They decided that there were flaws in the studies that linked abortion and breast cancer. The best studies, including one of 1.5 million women in Denmark, have found no link between cancer and abortion — none."
Does having an abortion increase one's chances of breast cancer? "Medical News Today" reports that "An April 2009 study by Jessica Dolle et al. of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center examining the relationship between oral contraceptives (OCs) and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in women under age 45 contained an admission from U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) researcher Louise Brinton and her colleagues (including Janet Daling) that abortion raises breast cancer risk by 40%."
Contradictory "evidence" abounds proving there is/is not a connection between breast cancer and abortion. So what is the answer? According to Dr. Joel Brind of Baruch Medical College, "...the public has little awareness of the extent to which medical research is politicized. The mantra 'Keep abortion safe and legal,' is at this point deeply ingrained, to the point where both the profession and the media ignore and suppress evidence of the risks associated with abortion." Dr. Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., states in "The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons" that "Sorting out the science and truth of the matter is of the utmost importance so that relevant informed consent information can be provided to women considering an abortion. Consensus and political correctness must not inhibit the open discussion and evaluation of the scientific data." Setting aside the moral considerations of abortion, there is ample evidence to sustain reasonable concern about a link between abortion and breast cancer. Organizations that claim to care about women's reproductive health issues should provide all available information concerning abortion and breast cancer, and then let patients themselves decide if they want to take this risk.
May God have mercy on our nation.
United to Stop Abortion
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