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.

[Poohbah]

The problem here is that the cause of action--the breast cancer risk--has not actually made itself manifest.

Future uses of this precedent include enviroweenies saying that, although they HAVEN'T developed cancer from automobile exhaust, there's circumstantial evidence that they MIGHT develop cancer, and thus we need to outlaw all but zero emissions vehicles.

The argument re: parental authority over minor children is a different thing entirely that would be a slam-dunk in a sane society.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Correct. Hospitals, physicians and nurses get sued if we fail to do that in any other procedure.

[ventana]

Saundra, you have been out in front on this for the longest time. Isn't God miraculous. At a time when conservatives have lost a powerful voice (and one who, btw,imo,moved away from our pro-life center) and see important judicial nominees trashed, God strangely works to move the conversation forward hugely! Amazing. Prayer does work. V's wife.

[goodnesswins]

Yeah, but auto exhaust is NOT surgery. Auto exhaust actually helps grow trees.....:?)

[Saundra Duffy]

I should have known you'd show up here. As you may know, I'm one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood to compel them to tell the truth about the link between abortion and breast cancer. One of the tactics PP used on me personally was to say that since I haven't had an abortion and I'm not dying of breast cancer, I have no right to be a party to the lawsuit. Our lawsuit is a consumer protection action. I am very offended by your comment. I have had cancer THREE times now but so far none has been breast cancer. My Mom died of cancer and three of my Mom's sisters died of cancer so I'm predisposed. Happy now?

[Saundra Duffy]

Prayer does work. V's wife.

Hallelujah!

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Ah, the frivolity of it all - to be judgment proof and out filing garbage suits.

Did Tom More ever pony up on the sanctions, or did they leave you holding the bag?

[ambrose]

Sadly, they don't seem to care about little details like "bad precedent"... they are as "outcome oriented" as Rose Bird was during her horrible stint on the California Supreme Court. This is truly depressing to see.

[nickcarraway]

The problem here is that the cause of action--the breast cancer risk--has not actually made itself manifest.

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.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Looks to me like another way for lawyers to get rich. I’ve been operated on eight times, and stitched up a few more, and I’m sure the doctors forgot to warn me about something so I guess I’ll go find a lawyer.

BTW before I get flamed, I hate abortions, my children are adopted, my wife and I council young, pregnant women to adopt rather than abort (as volunteers at a public agency) and I have protested at abortion clinics.

[Poohbah]

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.

I'm sure there were enough weasel-words to qualify this statement--or else it's junk science.

Sorry, you need to demonstrate that ACTUAL harm MAY take place, or else you're engaged in very liberal judicial activism.

[DaGman]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the ABC "link" is the junk science. Just like "creationism" it's more emotional than fact.

[2timothy3.16]

You know, sometimes I wish Jesus would come back . . . know what I mean?

Yup!

In the words of the Apostle John: Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Revelation 22:20

[Mr. Silverback]

ProLife Ping!

If anyone wants on or off my ProLife Ping List, please notify me here or by freepmail.

[HairOfTheDog]

Woohoo! The new FR - praising lawsuits by people with no injuries.

Exactly.... this is a ridiculous lawsuit.

A 17 year old trying to hide a BABY from her parents so her world doesn't fall apart would have walked away and taken the heat if'n she'd known about the cancer risk.... Bet she smokes.

[nickcarraway]

The problem here is that the cause of action--the breast cancer risk--has not actually made itself manifest.

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.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

The person sued because she was not advised of the risks prior to the surgical procedure.

That's grounds. Have you ever stood by a patient's bedside to obtained informed consent? I have. If every little insignificant risk is not mentioned, facilities can and have been sued.