Update on the Abortion-Breast Cancer Link: Lessons Learned from Asia
Medical studies in the last ten years have overwhelmingly confirmed a link between abortion and breast cancer. Why haven’t you heard the news?
Medical studies in the last ten years have overwhelmingly confirmed a link between abortion and breast cancer. Why haven’t you heard the news?
3/28/2014 By Joel Brind, Ph.D. After researching and publishing on the ABC link for over 20 years, I’ve managed to get the hang of the formulaic manner in which studies come out periodically to “reassure” the public about the “safety” of abortion. Such studies often come out in the most prominent medical journals, coincidentally on […]
4/24/2013 Group Challenges Danish Researchers to Study the Whole Group, Use Record-Linkage Database The following statement was released by The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer on April 24, 2013. The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer commented on a Danish study led by Christina Braüner entitled, “Induced abortion and breast cancer among parous women: A Danish cohort study.”[1] […]
3/29/2013 By Joel Brind, Ph.D. In the three previous installments of this series, I documented the epidemiological evidence for the abortion-breast cancer (ABC) link, and the ongoing wall of denial from the official purveyors of public health information, including the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In this final installment, I’ll go over the basic, underlying biology […]
3/28/2013 By Joel Brind, Ph.D. In Part II of this series of articles on the link between abortion and breast cancer, I described how the “reporting bias” or “response bias” argument has been systematically used by the most prominent medical research authorities in the western world to deny the reality of the ABC link. It […]
3/27/2013 By Joel Brind, Ph.D. The following article originally appeared at NRL News Today. In Part I of this four-part series of articles on the link between abortion and breast cancer (the ABC link), I described the two primary ways in which abortion increases a woman’s future risk of breast cancer: 1. Via loss of […]
3/26/2013 By Joel Brind, Ph.D. The following article originally appeared at NRL News Today. See the end of this article for links to the rest of the series. In this first of four articles on the abortion-breast cancer (ABC) link, Dr. Joel Brind, a professor of biology and endocrinology at Baruch College of the City […]
7/24/2014 Another scientific review of the research on abortion and breast cancer has been published. From the news release by the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer: A scientific review conducted by Angela Lanfranchi, MD and Patrick Fagan, Ph.D. found that support for an abortion-breast cancer (ABC) link exists in current knowledge of breast physiology (as it […]
4/4/2017 Researchers studying the breast cancer epidemic in the UK have called for a recognition of the risks caused by induced abortion and hormonal contraception, saying that “acknowledgment of the importance of these risk factors is needed to open the way for breast cancer prevention.” In a paper published in the Journal of American Physicians and […]
12/3/2013 The following statement was released by the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer on Dec. 2, 2013. A systematic review and meta-analysis of 36 Chinese studies, published by Dr. Yubei Huang and his colleagues in the prestigious journal Cancer Causes Control, last week reported a significant 44 percent increased breast cancer risk among women with at […]
8/14/2013 The following statement was released by the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer on August 14, 2013. The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer reported today on a Bangladesh study published in the Journal of Dhaka Medical College on risk factors for breast cancer, led by Dr. Suraiya Jabeen. The authors found a statistically significant 20.62-fold increased risk […]
A new study has found that women with a history of induced abortion were more likely to experience metabolic syndrome compared to women who had never had abortions, increasing their risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes and stroke. Women who had a history of induced abortion were 1.25 times more likely to have metabolic syndrome compared […]
9/18/12 A new study has found that women who undergo multiple abortions have an increased risk of preterm birth in a subsequent pregnancy. According to a report: A new study released from Finland’s National Institute for Health and Welfare finds women who have multiple abortions have a greater risk of premature birth and low-birthweight babies […]
November is Prematurity Awareness Month, dedicated by activists to highlighting the risks of and impact created by preterm birth. According to the March of Dimes, more than half a million babies are born prematurely in the United States alone each year. Yet most people — including women at risk of abortion and their loved ones […]
Springfield, IL (Nov. 23, 2010) — November is Prematurity Awareness Month, dedicated by activists to highlighting the risks of and impact created by preterm birth. According to the March of Dimes, more than half a million babies are born prematurely in the United States alone each year. Yet most people — including women at risk […]
Dozens of Studies Find Women With a History of Abortion More Likely to Later Have a Preterm Birth Springfield, IL (Oct. 28, 2008) — Researchers studying findings from dozens of studies have concluded that abortion is linked to an increased risk of preterm birth among subsequently born babies. In a paper recently published in the […]
Volume 21, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2014 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: How to Recognize a Cover-Up of the Abortion/Breast Cancer Link New Scientific Review Supports Link Between Abortion and Breast Cancer From Back Alley to Main Street Illegal Abortionists Who Became Legal Abortionists (And Killed Women) After Roe The Many Flaws of Judicial Bypass Using […]
Volume 20, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2013 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Abortion Has No Benefits, But Does Have Risks, New Research Shows Pro-Choice Researcher Calls for Expanding Abortion Despite Risks Kermit Gosnell, the Back Alley and the Front Door Sidebar: 5 Myths About Illegal Abortion Abortion Linked to Metabolic Syndrome Increases Risk of Heart Disease […]
6/14/2013 Denise Hummell, M.D. writes at Zenit: Scientific studies from around the world show that younger women, specifically those between the ages of 25 and 39, are increasingly being diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer—which has often spread further in the body by the time of diagnosis. A study on cancer rates in Geneva, Switzerland, published in […]
Volume One, 1992-1993 Report on the latest pro-abortion research; Planned Parenthood v. Casey; Abortion / Suicide connection; the JAMA coverup; Abortion and subsequent substance abuse; Identifying high risk abortion cases; Abortion and the feminization of poverty; Why we should be both pro-woman and pro-life. Volume Two, 1994 Rape and incest pregnancies; Abortion malpractice manual for […]
Book Review Women’s Health After Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence Elizabeth Ring-Cassidy and Ian Gentles The last fifteen years have witnessed a steady growth in awareness about post-abortion complications for women. Previous concerns about damaged reproductive systems and severe psychological reactions have been multiplied with the addition of evidence surrounding the abortion breast cancer […]
News Briefs U.S. Senate Recognizes Need for Research on Post-Abortion Syndrome During consideration of the Labor and Health and Human Services Appropriations bill for 2002, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution expressing the belief that the National Institutes of Health should expand and intensify its research and related activities regarding post-abortion depression and psychosis. […]
[Update: This article was initially published in 2000. For the latest information about studies on the impact of abortion, see our research and news releases pages.] Population controllers have long insisted that abortion is healthier for women than childbirth. A host of studies examining the effects of abortion, however, have proved otherwise. Women who have abortions […]