Abortion-Breast Cancer News Headlines


	Dear Friends: I am sharing a press release distributed today by the Cincinnati-based Women's Injury Network (WIN), an organization which helps abortion-injured women to seek justice by providing counsel, litigation, and other resources. WIN assisted a Pennsylvania woman, "Sarah," with her expenses associated with a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against Dr. Charles Benjamin. "Sarah" sued the doctor because he did not inform her about the physical and emotional risks before performing an abortion on her when she was a 17-year-old teenager. "Sarah's" case is the first known abortion-breast cancer (ABC) settlement in the U.S. I am in need of funds to provide the coalition's volunteers with brochures about the ABC link at cancer walks. Please assist me with my efforts to create awareness of this important health risk. I am providing a convenient form at the end of this message, which you can print and mail to the coalition with your check. Please spread the word to your family and friends about the first U.S. ABC settlement. Sincerely, Karen Malec President Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer ABORTION-BREAST CANCER NEWS HEADLINES Abortion Doctor Settles Malpractice Suit, Failed to Inform Patient of Breast Cancer Risk from Abortion Procedure Women's Injury Network Press Release October 22, 2003 PHILADELPHIA - Represented by attorney Joseph P. Stanton, a Pennsylvania teenager who sued abortionist Charles Benjamin and the Cherry Hill Women's Center successfully settled her medical malpractice case on October 17, the eve of trial, in a Philadelphia County court. Her case is the first medical malpractice lawsuit in the United States to reap a settlement based on a claim for the failure of an abortionist and clinic to inform a woman of the increased risk of breast cancer due to abortion. The clinic required that the settlement amount be kept confidential. When "Sarah" (not her real name) was 17, her high school guidance counselor facilitated her second-trimester abortion in New Jersey without her parents' knowledge. Now 22, Sarah has suffered tremendously in the aftermath of her abortion. While Sarah is not currently diagnosed with breast cancer, it has been shown that an abortion increases the statistical odds of developing breast cancer in two ways: 1) it delays first term pregnancies; and 2) increases the number of cancer-vulnerable breast cells due to estrogen overexposure early in pregnancy. Estrogen is connected with the development of most breast cancers. It stimulates the increase of normal and cancer-vulnerable breast cells. An abortion causes a woman to lose the benefit of a third trimester protection process, which would have neutralized estrogen overexposure by maturing her breast cells into milk-producing, cancer-resistant tissue. Thus, abortion leaves her with more cancer vulnerable cells than what she had before her pregnancy began. Sarah's claims for compensation were based, in part, on her current need, rather than at age 40, as normally recommended, for medical monitoring (mammograms, etc.) for early detection of breast cancer. Doctors estimated that cost to be $2,500 annually. Sarah was also diagnosed with post-traumatic stress syndrome following the abortion. The settlement proceeds will help Sarah to obtain the early medical screening for breast cancer and the future psychological counseling that she needs. Linda Rosenthal, an attorney with the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP) in New York, petitioned this Philadelphia court to permit her to participate as a lawyer in the case on the side of the defendant doctor and clinic against this young woman plaintiff! The CRLP is a national public interest law firm devoted to protecting the "constitutional rights" of women seeking abortions. Sarah was disappointed that this organization chose unfettered and unregulated access to abortion and the legal interests of those performing abortions over her legal and medical interests as a vulnerable teenage victim! Sarah was financially supported by the Women's Injury Network, Inc. (WIN) in her case. WIN, a national charity founded by attorney Amy T. McInerny, helps abortion-injured women by providing case expenses in medical malpractice lawsuits. Susan Marie Gertz, attorney and Executive Director of WIN, commented, "Abortion malpractice lawsuits help expose the deceptive practices of the abortion industry and hold doctors legally and financially accountable to the women they've harmed. Thanks to the generosity of WIN supporters, this young woman was able to fight back against the industry, which deceived her. We are proud of this historic win for this teenage victim and for WIN!" FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Women's Injury Network www.womensinjurynetwork.org Breast Cancer Prevention Institute www.BCPInstitute.org Polycarp Research Institute www.polycarp.org BECOME AN ABC ACTIVIST! DISTRIBUTE OUR BROCHURES IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND SEND US YOUR DONATION! You can view our brochures and our price list at: http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/ABC_Resources.htm We are all volunteers at the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, and we're passionate about our work to save lives. Our work is only made possible with your help. The coalition is a 501 (c)3 organization, so your contributions are tax deductible! Please send your check to the coalition at P.O. Box 152, Palos Heights, IL 60463, U.S.A. Copy this response form and send it with your check. 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