Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer
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Press Release
Contact: Karen Malec
For Immediate Release
Date: December 7, 2005

7th Medical Organization Recognizes Abortion-Cancer Link / International Group of Obstetricians/Gynaecologists Finds Significant Risk Increase

MaterCare International issued a statement this week acknowledging a "significant increase in breast cancer risk after induced abortion," announced the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer.  It's the seventh medical organization to recognize that abortion raises risk, independently of the effect of delaying the birth of a first child (a known breast cancer risk).

The statement was issued just days after the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons published a  review of 10 prospective studies by Professor Joel Brind. [1] Brind identified serious flaws in those studies.  The statement said the 10 studies were "published in an attempt to discredit" a 1996 review and meta-analysis by Brind and his Penn State colleagues confirming an abortion-cancer link. [2]

MaterCare International's statement is available here:
http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/press_releases/051205quote/index.htm

Besides the seven groups acknowledging the abortion-cancer link, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, called on doctors in 2003 to inform patients about a "highly plausible" link.  Andrew Schlafly, the organization's general counsel, warned doctors this year that: 1) Two Americans and one Australian successfully sued their abortionists for failing to disclose the risks of breast cancer and emotional harm; 2) Failure to diagnose breast cancer (or diagnose it early) is the most common U.S. malpractice lawsuit; and 3) The abortion-cancer link is driving the malpractice crisis. [3]

Schlafly invited post-abortive women (with or without breast cancer) to e-mail legal questions to him at aschlafly@aol.com (with "abortion" in the subject line). [4]

"Doctors can't screen patients for breast cancer properly if the U.S. National Cancer Institute and cancer fundraising businesses suppress scientific evidence," noted Karen Malec, president of the coalition. "Who could believe the NCI wants to win a 'war on cancer'?  To avoid lawsuits, doctors should avoid this contra-indicated procedure, inform abortion-minded patients about the risk, and request abortion histories on all patient intake forms. Because of this cover-up, post-abortive women are losing opportunities to seek early detection, adopt risk-reduction strategies, and join clinical trials."

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.

References:

1. Brind J. Induced abortion as an independent risk factor for breast cancer: A critical review of recent studies based on prospective data. J Am Phys Surg Vol. 10, No. 4 (Winter 2005) 105-110. Available at:
<http://www.jpands.org/vol10no4/brind.pdf>.

2. Brind J, Chinchilli, VM, Severs WB, Summy-Long J. Induced abortion as an independent risk factor for breast cancer: a comprehensive review and meta-analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health 1996;50:481-496.

3. Schlafly A. Legal implications of a link between abortion and breast cancer. J Am Phys Surgeons 2005;10:11-14. Available at:
<http://www.jpands.org/vol10no1/aschlafly.pdf>.

4. Schlafly A. Had an abortion? Call an attorney. Celebrate Life (Sept.-Oct. 2005);31-32.