Dear Friends:

Last week, an Associated Press story included an erroneous statement suggesting that most birth control pills are "safe."  Our response appears in the form of a letter to the editor of The Washington Times (published on January 29, 2007).  It is shown below.

Women aren't being told that their pills, patches, implants and injections are contraceptive steroids.

Spread the word to family and friends and help us to save lives.

Sincerely,
Karen Malec
Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer

ABORTION-BREAST CANCER NEWS HEADLINES

"Abortion and Breast Cancer"
By Karen Malec
Letter to the Editor, The Washington Times
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20070128-102927-3782r_page2.htm

In a story concerning the Food and Drug Administration's review of standards on birth control pills (January 24), Amy Allina of the National Women's Health Network (NWHN) told the Associated Press that "Today most birth control pills are very safe for the vast majority of women."

However, the federal government added steroidal estrogens to its list of known carcinogens approximately six years ago.

The World Health Organization classified combined oral contraceptives (OCs) and combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as "Group 1 carcinogens" in July 2005. OCs can be delivered orally or via injection, patch and vaginal ring.

Two medical journals - the New England Journal of Medicine (January 2006) and Mayo Clinic Proceedings (October 2006) - published findings showing that OCs increase breast cancer risk.  The latter showed that 21 out of 23 studies dating from the early 1980s report risk increases for OC users. Use before the birth of a first child is especially risky, as it is associated with more aggressive premenopausal cancers.

Their findings provide support for an abortion-breast cancer link because the biological basis is the same.

Few know that combined OCs and combined HRT contain the same drugs (estrogen and progestin), but OCs contain a higher dose.  The Breast Cancer Prevention Institute argues that it's illegal for athletes to use male steroid hormonal drugs, but it's accepted for women to take the female kind for contraceptive purposes.  The male kind builds muscle, and one risk is liver cancer.  The female kind builds breast tissue and increases the risk of cancers of the breast, liver and cervix.

The NWHN's mission is to advance what has been euphemistically propagandized as "reproductive rights."  Those who really care about women's health and their rights are forthright about these breast cancer risks.

Sincerely,
Karen Malec
Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer
P.O. Box 957133, Hoffman Estates, IL 60195

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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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

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

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

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