During pregnancy, hormones open up the individual cells in order to prepare for breast-feeding. The cells close at the end of pregnancy/breast feeding.
When a woman has an abortion the cells remain "open" and become easy prey for cancer.
Here’s what I don’t understand.
If abortion can encourage breast cancer, why wouldn’t a natural miscarriage have the same result?
Almost every woman in my family has naturally lost their first pregnancy. (It’s to the point where everyone stays calm through the first pregnancy and, when it’s lost, we remind the mother that it was her body’s ‘practice pregnancy’. Second pregnancies never have a problem.)
Now, in my family, its pretty dramatic, but I know many women who lose the first one. It’s not uncommon.
With that in mind, why would abortion be more likely to cause breast cancer than a natural miscarriage? Has anyone ever done a study where they compare women who’ve had abortions with those who have had miscarriages with those who’ve only had successful pregnancies with those who’ve never been pregnant at all?