[GonzoII]

[GonzoII]

Ping.

[CholeraJoe]

Gail realized that radical mastectomy was her only choice.

When was this written? 1970? That's about when the original Halstead radical mastectomy was abandoned. About 1992, the modified radical mastectomy was replaced by lumpectomy.

[donna]

... 1994 study, "[a]mong women who had been pregnant at least once, the breast cancer rate in those who had experienced an induced abortion was 50 percent higher than among other women. Highest risks were observed when the abortion was done at ages younger than 18 years . . . or at least 30 years of age or older."

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

The Susan Koman foundation was created for the singular purpose of suppressing this truth.

[winoneforthegipper]

This would be supported by the rise of breast cancer cases where socialized medicine is the soup de-jour. I think Englands is up at least 80 percent over the last couple decades!

[GourmetDan]

"I sought counseling and tried desperately to understand why God would put me in this situation."

God's fault.

"But then she remembered one she'd read about before, one that she was trying hard not to think about. Gail had an abortion when she was 18."

Looks like George Bush might know how God must be feeling about this one...

[Houghton M.]

This was originally published in Crisis magazine, ca. 2000 or 2002, I would guess. I recall reading and copying it at the time.

Inside Catholic is the online survivor of Crisis magazine. They frequently post old articles from Crisis without always identifying them as such. These are often very good articles, some of the best published in Crisis. But they need to do a better job of identifying them as republished.