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WanderAimlessly
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Breast Cancer Rates and Deaths to Increase, Women's Group Blames Abortion
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deb1
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This was an interesting article. Wasn’t there a study done a few years ago that said that there was no link between breast cancer and abortion?
If what the article implies is correct then some medical researchers allow their political beliefs to color their research, which means that more women die of breast cancer.
If what the article implies is correct then some medical researchers allow their political beliefs to color their research, which means that more women die of breast cancer.
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Eileen_T
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Dr Joel Brind, of the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, originally became involved in breast cancer research in 1982. He wasn’t particularly interested in abortion but had adopted the basic ‘pro-choice’ mentality that was part of the culture surrounding him. Late in October 1992, he came across an article in Science News which he realised was misleading.
In an interview for Physician magazine he said:
"The feature story, “Pregnancy and Cancer,” detailed how pregnancy lowered the risk of breast cancer and told that a group of researchers, headed by Malcolm Pike of the University of Southern California, were developing a hormonal cocktail to simulate pregnancy’s protective effect. But something was wrong with the article: It never mentioned the word “term.”
"Harking back to my literature review in 1982, I recalled a 1970 World Health Organization study in which data were gathered on women from seven countries around the world. I remembered that in order to lower the risk of subsequent breast cancer, pregnancy had to go to full term. I went to the library to verify my recollections and found that memory had served me well.
“What’s more, in reviewing the literature on reproductive risk factors for breast cancer, which I had last done a decade earlier, I became convinced of three things: 1) induced abortion (as opposed to spontaneous abortion) is indeed a risk factor for breast cancer; 2) the connection between induced abortion and breast cancer was being actively suppressed, and 3) bringing this life-saving knowledge into public awareness was my job.”
Much to his surprise, Science News wouldn’t print a polite, corrective letter about the need for a pregnancy to be full term in order to protect against breast cancer, although they’d printed other letters of his on different topics. Brind remarked:
"I also sent press releases about the abortion/breast-cancer (ABC) link to hundreds of media outlets. To my surprise, the story aroused only a smattering of interest from some pro-life groups. I did get a one-minute interview on “Family News in Focus,” but such brief bits of real news are easily swamped by a mainstream wall of silence.
From life.org.nz/abortionaboutabortioncontroversy10.htm for those who want to read more.
In an interview for Physician magazine he said:
"The feature story, “Pregnancy and Cancer,” detailed how pregnancy lowered the risk of breast cancer and told that a group of researchers, headed by Malcolm Pike of the University of Southern California, were developing a hormonal cocktail to simulate pregnancy’s protective effect. But something was wrong with the article: It never mentioned the word “term.”
"Harking back to my literature review in 1982, I recalled a 1970 World Health Organization study in which data were gathered on women from seven countries around the world. I remembered that in order to lower the risk of subsequent breast cancer, pregnancy had to go to full term. I went to the library to verify my recollections and found that memory had served me well.
“What’s more, in reviewing the literature on reproductive risk factors for breast cancer, which I had last done a decade earlier, I became convinced of three things: 1) induced abortion (as opposed to spontaneous abortion) is indeed a risk factor for breast cancer; 2) the connection between induced abortion and breast cancer was being actively suppressed, and 3) bringing this life-saving knowledge into public awareness was my job.”
Much to his surprise, Science News wouldn’t print a polite, corrective letter about the need for a pregnancy to be full term in order to protect against breast cancer, although they’d printed other letters of his on different topics. Brind remarked:
"I also sent press releases about the abortion/breast-cancer (ABC) link to hundreds of media outlets. To my surprise, the story aroused only a smattering of interest from some pro-life groups. I did get a one-minute interview on “Family News in Focus,” but such brief bits of real news are easily swamped by a mainstream wall of silence.
From life.org.nz/abortionaboutabortioncontroversy10.htm for those who want to read more.
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