Dear Friends:

Angela Lanfranchi, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, explained the biological basis for the abortion-breast cancer link during a multi-party press conference in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, last week.  Members of Parliament Maurice Vellacott and Paul Steckle sponsored the conference.

Lanfranchi effectively demonstrated that many scientists are deeply biased against the abortion-cancer research.  She noted a contradiction in the ways that scientists respond to research on premature birth (before 32 weeks gestation) versus research on abortion. 

Both premature birth before 32 weeks of pregnancy and induced abortion are shortened pregnancies that raise breast cancer risk.  Lanfranchi said, "the impact on (the mother's) body physiologically is the same in both circumstances."

When research shows that premature birth before 32 weeks gestation more than doubles breast cancer risk, scientists don't challenge it in medical texts or at scientific debates.  On the other hand, when research shows that abortion increases breast cancer risk, it raises the hackles on the backs of scientists' necks, and the issue becomes "hotly debated."

Of course, the knee-jerk response from some members of the Canadian press was to dismiss Dr. Lanfranchi's statements as those of an "anti-abortion activist."  Their implied message to women was, "You can ignore her medical opinion."

There is another, far more dangerous kind of bias that exists in cancer fundraising organizations.  As we reported earlier, several cancer groups include former members of the abortion industry among their leaders.  Will journalists ignore it or will they give this kind of self-interested bias a free pass?

Lanfranchi also drew attention to recent reports in the journal Nature (June 2005) and the Los Angeles Times that discussed scientific misbehaviors among U.S. National Cancer Institute (NIH) scientists, as well as those funded by the NIH.

The journal Nature anonymously polled several thousand NIH-funded scientists, and 20% of them acknowledged having participated in scientific misbehaviors within the last three years.  The authors hypothesized that the incidence of misbehavior among scientists must be far more rampant than what they found.  Many scientists were probably reluctant to blow the whistle on themselves.

The Los Angeles Times carried reports about NIH scientists moonlighting for pharmaceutical companies. NIH scientists must be free of any conflicts of interest in order to maintain objectivity and win the trust of U.S. taxpayers and donors who fund their research.

Lanfranchi's statement to the press can be found below.  Spread the word.

Sincerely,
Karen Malec
Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer

ABORTION-BREAST CANCER NEWS HEADLINES

"The Abortion Breast Cancer Link: The Unintended Consequence of the Sexual Revolution and Women's Liberation"
Press Statement
http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/Lanfranchi060519.pdf
By Angela Lanfranchi, MD, FACS, Breast Cancer
Prevention Institute
Ottawa, Canada
May 11, 2006

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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.

Tax-deductible, credit card donations can be made at http://www.AbortionBreastCancer.com. Donations can be mailed to: the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, P.O. Box 957133, Hoffman Estates, IL 60195. The IRS recognizes the coalition as a 501(c)3 organization.

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Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer
http://www.AbortionBreastCancer.com

Breast Cancer Prevention Institute
http://www.BCPInstitute.org

Polycarp Research Institute
http://www.polycarp.org