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English Research Shows Abortion-Breast Cancer Link

LONDON, (ZENIT.org).- Induced abortion is contributing significantly to the recent rise in breast cancer among 40-year-old women, and is likely to cause a major increase in the incidence of the disease over the next 20 years, a researcher says.Patrick Carroll, director of the Pension and Population Research Institute, was to deliver a paper today to the Royal Statistical Society which claims that abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act are mainly responsible for the recent surge in breast cancer. He predicts that, between 1993 and 2023, there will be a 60% rise in the number of women suffering from what is already the commonest form of cancer, reported the group LIFE, which commissioned the research. "My conclusions are based on the figures for abortion, breast cancer and fertility published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS)," he said in his study."ONS figures show a steep increase in breast cancer rates among women in the later 40s between 1985 and 1993," the report said. "Age at first birth and the amount of childlessness, both relevant factors, have not contributed to this rise."There may be other reasons for this increase, such as hormonal contraception and the reduction in the average size of families, but the greater incidence of abortion is probably the main factor. This conclusion is supported by data from Scotland, Sweden and Finland. The predictions are likely to be confirmed as new figures come to hand from the ONS."