Advocates for women’s health charge that abortion politics, not science, is behind a conference this week at the National Cancer Institute that will consider whether women who terminate a pregnancy also face higher risks of breast cancer. Critics say the conference is the latest case of the Bush administration’s skewing the nation’s medical research agenda to please its conservative allies.Praying for a connection between abortion and breast cancer is just sick.
Some scientists theorize that breast cells, which multiply during pregnancy, might become vulnerable to cancer if the hormones associated with late pregnancy do not arrive — claims that have been used by anti-abortion groups in seeking legislation to warn women seeking abortions of these "risks." Many experts say that fear was assuaged by a major Danish study, considered highly reliable because of the number of women covered — 1.5 million — and it’s basis on medical records rather than women’s personal recollection, that found no links between abortion and breast cancer.
Partly because of the study, the American Cancer Society says it sees no link between abortion and breast cancer, warning that "the public is not well-served by false alarms."
Sick just begins to define the soul of those who do so.
Pro-life should stand on its own merits (or not) without the hateful intentions of those you reference.