The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer accused the cancer establishment of causing women to die by concealing research dating to 1957 that linked abortion with increased breast cancer risk (ABC link). [1]
The Coalition said cancer fundraising groups deceive women by denying a cause-effect relationship. For several decades, their fact sheets have recognized the risk-increasing effects that every common sense person knows can result from abortion — childlessness, reduced childbearing, little or no breastfeeding, and late first full-term pregnancy (FFTP). Scientists say these childbearing patterns more than double the number of breast cancer cases in developed nations. [2,3]
The Coalition's accusations came after an April 27 article by Donna Jackel in the Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York). [4] The article discussed presentations on the ABC link last week at the Rochester Academy of Medicine by Professor Joel Brind of Baruch College and breast cancer surgeon, Angela Lanfranchi, MD of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) falsely claims that research up until the mid-1990s was “inconsistent,” with some studies reporting “slightly” increased risk and others reporting no risk elevation.
“If the evidence was 'inconsistent' and abortion 'might' increase risk, then why didn't they feel obligated to warn women?” asked Karen Malec, president of the group. “The NCI's claim contradicts a lie on its website in 1999 which said, 'The scientific rationale for an association between abortion and breast cancer is based on limited experimental data in rats and is not consistent with human data.'”
By 1999, 26 out of 32 studies reported risk elevations. Seven reported a more than twofold increase in risk.
Government scientists recognized a cause-effect relationship in 1986. Bruce Stadel of the National Institutes of Health, Phyllis Wingo of the Centers for Disease Control and two others wrote in unambiguous terms, “Induced abortion before first full term pregnancy increases the risk of breast cancer.” [5]
“They didn't warn women then. Why believe their ABC denials now?” asked Mrs. Malec.
An American Cancer Society (ACS) spokesperson said the latest research doesn't report risk increases and falsely claimed it's of the “best quality.” That research includes three studies whose authors misclassified thousands of post-abortive women as not having had abortions [6,7,8], and research on Chinese women who are forcibly aborted after one childbirth. [9,10]
“Americans, by contrast, overwhelmingly choose abortion to delay a first birth. There's no comparison here. ACS scientists know Chinese women gain considerable protection by having an early first birth before aborting,” declared Mrs. Malec. “Early childbirth is the effect they're picking up in the Chinese studies, not a protective effect from abortion, and they know it.”
Professor Leslie Bernstein claimed abortion provides protection from the disease, but didn't offer a biological explanation for it. A medical text used by breast disease specialists cited her research to support a cause-effect relationship. [11,12] Her research shows that childbearing women have significantly lower levels of estrogen in comparison to childless women. [13]
“Dependence on funding from pharmaceutical companies and governments compromises the integrity of the cancer establishment,” said Mrs. Malec. “They've allowed themselves to be used for a population control agenda.”
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.
Endnotes
1. Segi et al. (1957) GANN 48 (Suppl.):1-63.
2. Graham Colditz, MD, “Relationship Between Estrogen Levels, Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer,” JNCl (1998) 90:814-823.
3. Beral V et al. (July 20, 2002) The Lancet 360:187-95.
4. Donna Jackel, “Abortion, breast cancer are focus of talk,” Democrat and Chronicle, April 27, 2004.
5. Lancet (Feb. 22, 1986) p. 436.
6. Melbye et al. (1997) N Engl J Med 336:81-5.
7. Goldacre M et al. (2001) J Epidem Community Health 55:336-7.
8. Erlandsson G et al. (2003) Int J Cancer 103:676-679.
9. Sanderson M, Shu X-O, Jin F, Dai Q, Wen W, Hua Y, Gao Y-T, Zheng W. Abortion history and breast cancer risk: results from the Shanghai breast cancer study. Int J Cancer 2001;92:899-905.
10. Ye et al. (2002) Br J Cancer 87:977-981.
11. Robert B. Dickson, Ph.D., Marc E. Lippman, MD, “Growth Regulation of Normal and Maglignant Breast Epithelium,” The Breast: Comprehensive Management of Benign and Malignant Diseases, edited by Kirby I. Bland MD and Edward M. Copeland III, MD; (1998) W.B. Saunders Company; 2nd edition; Vol 1, p.519.
12. Hendersen BE, Ross R, Bernstein L. “Estrogen is a cause of human cancer: The Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Foundation Award Lecture. Cancer Res (1988) 48:246-53.
13. Bernstein L, et al. “Estrogen and Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin Levels in Nulliparous and Parous Women.” J Natl Cancer Inst (1985) 74:741-745.
(This article courtesy of Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer)
