FIRST U.S. ABORTION-BREAST CANCER LAWSUIT SETTLED

Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer ^ | October 21, 2003 | Karen Malec

[Saundra Duffy]

COALITION ON ABORTION/BREAST CANCER P.O. Box 152 Palos Heights, IL 60463 Toll Free 1-877-803-0102 www.AbortionBreastCancer.com response@abortionbreastcancer.com

Press Release Contact: Karen Malec For Immediate Release Date: October 21, 2003

FIRST U.S. ABORTION-BREAST CANCER LAWSUIT SETTLED

PHILADELPHIA: The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer announced today that the first U.S. abortion-breast cancer (ABC) lawsuit settled for an undisclosed amount on October 17, 2003. The case was filed in Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff was a 17-year-old Pennsylvania resident when a second-trimester abortion was performed in New Jersey without parental knowledge or consent. Although she hasn't developed breast cancer, she sued her abortion provider, Charles Benjamin, for neglecting to warn her about the physical and emotional risks of abortion.

Karen Malec, the coalition's president, declared, "This settlement will teach the medical establishment that it can no longer profit by keeping women in the dark about the breast cancer risk. This case also establishes that abortion providers can be sued for battery if the abortion provider performs no parental consent abortions on minors from neighboring states (with parental consent statutes), even if the state where the abortion is performed does not have a parental consent statute."

The plaintiff's attorney, Joseph P. Stanton, will hold a press conference on a later date. For further details, contact his office at: 405 Old York Road, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; phone 215/886-6780.

The ABC link has been called "the elephant in medicine's parlor." Medical experts privately say abortion causes breast cancer, but the volatility of the issue prevents them from publicly acknowledging it.

According to a National Cancer Institute (NCI) commissioned study, teens who procure abortions before age 18, more than double their risk. [1] Girls and women have a predominance of immature, cancer-vulnerable Types 1 & 2 breast lobules, which aren't matured into cancer-resistant Types 3 & 4 lobules until a term pregnancy takes place. Abortion can increase the statistical odds of developing breast cancer in two ways: 1) It delays a first term pregnancy; and 2) It increases the number of cancer-vulnerable breast cells because estrogen overexposure during a normal pregnancy stimulates cell multiplication. Women don't receive protection from estrogen overexposure until third trimester hormones mature their breast tissue into milk-producing Types 3 & 4 lobules.

Scientists have proven themselves incapable of refuting the biological explanation for the ABC link. Thirteen out of 16 U.S. studies report risk elevations. The NCI provided at least partial funding for 10 studies.

Minnesota and Texas state legislators passed informed consent legislation earlier this year. Massachusetts is considering similar legislation. Five medical organizations say abortion is one of the causes of breast cancer. [2]

The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer is an international women's organization founded to protect the health and save the lives of women by educating and providing information on abortion as a risk factor for breast cancer.

References: 1. Daling et al. (1994) J Natl Cancer Inst 86:1584-92. 2. National Physicians Center for Family Resources, Catholic Medical Association, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Polycarp Research Institute, Breast Cancer Prevention Institute.

[2timothy3.16]

Bob thought you might like to see this.

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[discostu]

Looks like it was settled out of court, which luckily sets no precedent. Depending on what information they did or didn't give the girl this might have been a no brainer with no actual bearing on the abortion cancer possible link, there are some signficant dangers to abortions especially late term and doctors are required to give that kind of information.

[nickcarraway]

You are looking at this the wrong way. Right now, abortion is in a ``protected class.'' All the laws and regulations that apply to every other operation don't apply to abortion because of politics. If it were any other procedure, doctors would have to disclose the risks. So you have to explain why abortion should be different thatn any other medical procedure.

[nickcarraway]

Anything nyou don't agree with is junk science. How nice. I guess you'd like to go back to the days where doctors wore scary masks to scare away the bad spirits. Science is a little too scary for you.

[nickcarraway]

You are more like creationism. You refuse to even look at the myriad studies. It doesn't fit your agenda, so throw science out thw window.

[TheAngryClam]

LUCKY US!

You know what, I need to go to 7-11. I see a pack of Camels in my future. Then I'll sue for my future cancer problem.

[thackney]

BTTT

[HairOfTheDog]

That is patently not true. A study by a pro-abortion researcher even found that a woman with a family history of breast cancer is assured to get breast cancer by 45 if she had an abortion.

Then the obvious answer is to find on of those people, and get them to sue... If you can prove it wasn't their genetics that caused it.... or get enough sympathy. Or sue the a disliked villian.

Every woman in my family over 45 had breast cancer... My mother, every single aunt, and my grandmother. My great Grandmother died young too... but that was before diagnosis of disease was real good, so who knows. If/when I get it who exactly should I blame?

[nickcarraway]

You know what, I need to go to 7-11. I see a pack of Camels in my future. Then I'll sue for my future cancer problem.

Look on the pack!

[HairOfTheDog]

Or sue the a disliked villian.

[nickcarraway]

So we can all let a politcal agenda tump science. The also released a medical study that says conservatism is a mental illness. Do you believe that?

[Alamo-Girl]

Jeepers! I pray for this young lady and her tiny twins! What a story. Thank you for sharing.

[kidd]

There was no legal precedent set. This was settled out of court.

There was no judicial activism here. There was no judicial decision.

However, there may be a specific financial precident set here. Abortion providers may find it wise to provide as much information as possible on the effects of an abortion to avoid the possibility of losing a case like this.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Wendy's is in trouble. That double with cheese I didn't order today? Tomorrow, I file my suit for all the heart attacks that they didn't warn about.

[discostu]

Did that researcher compare the percentage with those who hadn't had abortions? Did he do any research to eliminate other possible causes of cancer such as smoking or alcoholism? Did he find any information that would explain how a surgical procedure can cause cancer over a decade later to a part of the body that wasn't involved in the procedure?

Without answers to those question all of the abortion cancer linkage is pure under researched junk science and statistical tom foolery. Which isn't to say that there might not be a link, simply to say that such a link is completely unproven until the important questions can be answered.

[nickcarraway]

The National Academy of Sciences can know decide that people who are antiaffirmative action are mentally ill, and you'll lap it up? Don't think it won't happen. The NAS will do it in a second, once they realize they can get away with it.