Washington, DC — The National Cancer Institute assembled a panel of scientists in late February to formulate an opinion on the subject of the link between induced abortion and breast cancer. Unfortunately, as reported by the Pro-Life Infonet, these scientists bowed to political correctness and denied any abortion-breast cancer link.
The chief dissenter among the scientists was Dr. Joel Brind, a City University of New York biochemist and epidemiologist who has been the main promoter of the link in the scientific community. Brind is the author of the only quantitative and comprehensive review and meta-analysis of the abortion-breast cancer medical literature.
He has authored a “Minority Report” addressing the events which transpired at the National Cancer Institutes workshop entitled, Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer.
Meanwhile, Jane Orient, M.D., F.A.C.P., a physician based in Arizona, has offered the coalition this assessment of the abortion-breast cancer research:
(This article courtesy of Steven Ertelt and the Pro-Life Infonet email newsletter. For more information or to subscribe go to www.prolifeinfo.org or email infonet@prolifeinfo.org.)The abortion-breast cancer link is biologically plausible and supported by a large amount of credible evidence, even though not unanimously accepted. Particularly impressive is the increased risk of breast cancer at a young age for women who have aborted their first pregnancy, particularly in the later stages. A woman with a strong family history of breast cancer is at extremely high risk if she has an abortion. Failure to inform her of this risk when counseling abortion is unethical.
Even a physician who does not find the evidence persuasive is ethically bound to inform the patient, at a minimum, that by having an abortion she forgoes the protective effect of a completed pregnancy, an effect that is undisputed even if underemphasized.
Eventually, the truth about the dangers of abortion will be known. A cover-up cannot continue indefinitely. The abortion industry will one day be seen in the same light as the tobacco industry, which long denied the evidence for an association between smoking and cancer. Prestigious organizations such as the AMA also supported that cover-up until it was no longer possible.
See also:
• A Lesson in Sophistry: The Lies that Kill Persons, by Judie Brown.
