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November 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The mainstream media have again almost totally ignored a new study published in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons that found that abortion is the "best predictor of breast cancer" in eight European nations. One notable exception to this media black-out however is an article by Dennis Byrne of the Chicago Tribune, who wrote a commentary entitled, "Snubbing cancer study will only hurt women: Research showing link to abortion ignored by media." Read the article here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped1022byrne... Karen Malec of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer said: "The media's behavior is very problematic. When...

A new study that purports to show no link between abortion and breast cancer should not be taken seriously because of procedural shortcomings, according to a critic who says the results simply were what researchers wanted to find.   The study, "Induced and Spontaneous Abortion and Incidence of Breast Cancer Among Young Women," by Karin Michels of Harvard Medical School and others, was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. It found negligible connections between abortion and breast cancer.  However, Karen Malec, of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, said breast cancer, like lung cancer, isn't something that develops overnight.  "If you...

While tens of thousands of anti-abortion activists converged on the National Mall yesterday to mourn the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade abortion decision, one women's group finds hope in its three-year battle to raise awareness about the association between abortion and breast cancer. The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer applauds the recommendations made by the authors of a recent study examining a variety of physical and psychological consequences associated with abortion. Dr. John M. Thorpe, an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina's School of Public Health, and his colleagues called for physicians to inform women about...

The Science, Studies and Sociology  of the Abortion Breast Cancer Linkby Angela Lanfranchi, M.D.

  Enter your email address to receive news from LifeNews.com via email. Do you prefer to receive news daily or weekly? Daily WeeklyDo you favor or oppose abortion? Favor Oppose Click here to make a PayPal donation to LifeNews.com! British Researcher Says Abortion Increases U.K. Breast Cancer Rates Email this article Printer friendly page by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com Editor August 9, 2005Minneapolis, MN (LifeNews.com) -- British researcher Patrick Carroll plans a presentation at the Wednesday meeting of the American Statistical Association, the largest gathering of statisticians in North America. Carroll's research reveals abortion is the best predictor of three British breast cancer...

Woman Wins Abortion-Breast Cancer Info Lawsuit Against Facility Portland, OR (LifeNews.com) -- For the first time, a woman has won a court case in a lawsuit saying that an abortion business failed to inform her of the link between abortion and breast cancer. The lawsuit is only the second to be successfully prosecuted and the first to obtain a judgment.The 19 year-old woman filed suit against the Portland-based All Women's Health Services abortion facility.She had an abortion there in May 2001 when she was 15, but was not told of the psychological risks or that the abortion procedure has significantly...

Abortion Quotes from Pro-Choice Sources From "Abortion at Work: Ideology and Practice in a Feminist Clinic" by Wendy Simonds. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1996 included a chapter on how to repel abortion protestors or "antis"): Quotes from clinic employees: "You're going from dealing with people to dealing with what most people here at the Center consider a real hurdle, to do sterile room, because you have to deal with the actual abortion tissue. And for some people, that's really hard. They can be abstractly in favor of abortion rights, but they sure don't want to see what an eighteen-week...

Recent Poll Reveals Most Americans Think Abortion Hurts Women CHICAGO, November 26, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A recent nationwide survey conducted by Wirthlin Worldwide has found that a majority of Americans believe that abortion is "almost always bad" for women. The findings reflect the earlier findings of an Elliot Institute poll, which found that a majority of Americans believe abortion makes women's lives worse. The poll of 1,001 Americans, conducted on behalf of Americans United for Life, found that 61 percent felt that "abortion is almost always a bad thing for a woman," whereas only 23 percent said it was almost...

Breast Cancer Walkers Uninformed about ABC LinkBreast Cancer Walkers Uninformed about ABC Link     10/25/2004By Mary E. Traeger, CWA of MO Media CoordinatorOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and anti-cancer organizations are absorbed in sponsoring cancer walks, which involve hundreds . . ."While he was saying this a woman from the crowd called out, ‘Blest is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!'" (Luke 1:27)October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and anti-cancer organizations are absorbed in sponsoring cancer walks, which involve hundreds of thousands of participants in numerous cities walking to find a breast cancer cure. Corporations are...

In several states, women considering abortion are given government-issued brochures warning that the procedure could increase their chance of developing breast cancer, despite scientific findings to the contrary. More than a year ago, a panel of scientists convened by the National Cancer Institute reviewed available data and concluded there is no link. A scientific review in the Lancet, a British medical journal, came to the same conclusion, questioning the methodology in studies that suggested a link. The cancer information is distributed to women during mandatory waiting periods before abortions. In some cases, the information is on the states' Web sites....