Posted on 10/27/2005 7:11:26 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
PORTLAND, October 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An attorney who helped a woman successfully sue an abortionist for medical malpractice for failing to warn her about an increased risk of breast cancer has responded to a Rocky Mountain Newsletter to the editor claiming that the abortion-breast cancer link is a “myth.”
In his letter to the editor last week, titled Abortion-Breast Cancer ‘Myth’ Wasted on Juries, Jonathan Clark objected to what he described as “spin” on the abortion-breast cancer link. Vicki Cowart, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, claimed “The science is clear: abortion is not a risk factor for breast cancer” in a letter dated September 30.
Clark responded, “I found that [statement] surprising.” Clark related how in another suit, a pro-abortion expert witness testified that women who have abortions are at greater risk for breast cancer. “Abortion clearly influences a woman's risk profile for abortion,” he stated.
“Juries work hard to understand the facts, the issues and the law,” Clark explained. “In my client’s case, the abortion clinic did not want to face the charge that they raised her risk for breast cancer. Even in a ‘liberal’ county. Why? Because in a jury trial, spin doesn't work and politics don't play.” The abortionist chose to settle with Clark’s client rather than face a jury trial, knowing that to do so would be a lost battle.
Clark emphasized that women “deserve the dignity of making fully informed health-care decisions,” concluding that spin does not work on juries - not even liberal ones.
If you think for a minute that a woman who wants an abortion won't have one because she's told there's a chance that maybe there's a miniscule chance, later in life, she'll get breast cancer, you're out of your mind.
If you think for a minute that a woman who wants an abortion won't have one because she's told there's a chance that maybe there's a miniscule chance, later in life, she'll get breast cancer, you're out of your mind.
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Yeah, but who cares. Let the women who get abortions and then get breast cancer later in life sue PP and make them go out of business. Let the misfits cannibalize each other!
There are lots of reasons women get breast cancer. To think all women who have abortions are "misfits" is ridiculous and short sighted for your viewpoint.
How fun!!! I wrote the original editorial that prompted Planned Parenthood's rebuttal stating the abortion breast cancer link is a myth.
I knew that the Rocky Mountain News would not be inclined to let
me rebut PP - too much tit for tat.
So I recruited Jonathan Clark's assistance to educate the
women of Denver about the failure of doctors to tell their
patients about the abortion breast cancer link.
Let me know if you'd like the original - truth will set you free!!
There are lots of reasons women get breast cancer. To think all women who have abortions are "misfits" is ridiculous and short sighted for your viewpoint.
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Barring the acceptable reasons, I don't have much respect for those who don't have respect for life. Those who further use their victimhood to glean cash through lawsuits are even lower on the totem pole. Then PP is even below that.
My point is THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER...women are told, from the time they are little, that so many things cause breast cancer. My Mom had breast cancer. I've been told drinking, eating dairy, using aerosol deoderant, not exercising, not having children, having alot of children, smoking, taking birth control pills, abortion -- all these things breast cancer. SO FREAKIN WHAT. I wouldn't stop doing any of them because of a breast cancer connection. Do you understand what I'm saying? This is not the avenue that will stop women from having abortions.
I understand what your saying Hildy.
40,000 women will die of breast cancer this year. I think if more of
them knew that their lives were on the line when the choose the
easy way out of their pregnancy challenge, they might choose
life for their baby and in the long run, themselves!
I don't expect to change the mind of a hardened pro-death advocate
such as yourself - one who went out of your way to applaud Terri Schindler Schiavo's death.
But even if it saved only one life, wouldn't it be worth it?
Or something like that is what the libs always argue.
Thank you for showing us all who you really are.
You wrote:
"If you think for a minute that a woman who wants an abortion won't have one because she's told there's a chance that maybe there's a miniscule chance, later in life, she'll get breast cancer, you're out of your mind."
Every patient should be given all the facts before any medical procedure.
Beware women and be aware of the downside of instant gratification.
Kill a life today and tomorrow you may lose yours.
Sounds like a double deterent to thinking women.
Sounds like a double deterent to thinking women.
That sounds all nice and good...but when you're pregnant, and you desperately do not want to be pregnant, it's a chance you're going to take. Nobody will not have an abortion because they're told there's a slight chance you may get breast cancer down the line.
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