Is there a link between breast cancer and abortion?
In a party election broadcast by the Christian group, the elections Scotland at Holyrood, May 3, the following statement: "Teenagers who have abortions are up 800% more likely to develop breast cancer later in life "This statement is true and if so, where are the documentary evidence of this state above. Please situation when he meets with that are pro abortion / Roe v. Wade, against abortion / row v Wade or undecided.
It seems as if the policy is misinformed or has chosen to use cancer and abortion as a political platform. Here are the facts as determined by documented evidence. Understand that there is conclusive evidence due to the nature of these studies. In general, women who have breast cancer that may have claimed they have had an abortion that leads some to conclude that there is a connection. However, healthy women who are not breast cancer but who have had abortions are not taken into account in the "test". Here is part of the documentation and study of American Cancer Society. Note that there are three types of abortion: spontaneous abortion, stillbirths and induced abortions. All three have been studied. "Currently, the scientific evidence, not a causal association between abortion and breast cancer. "It may have a cause of abortion or promote breast cancer? Http: / / www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_6x_Can_Having_an_Abortion_Cause_or_Contribute_to_Breast_Cancer.asp" References ACOG Committee on Gynecologic Practice. ACOG Committee Opinion. Number 285, August 2003: Induced abortion and breast cancer risk. Obstet Gynecol. 2003; 102:433-435. Beral V, Bull D, Doll R, et al. Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer. Breast cancer and abortion: a new analysis package data from 53 epidemiological studies including 83,000 women with breast cancer from 16 countries. Lancet. 2004, 363:1007-1016. Melbye M, Wohlfahrt J, Olsen JH, et al. The induced abortion and breast cancer risk. N Engl J Med 1997 336:81-5. National Cancer Institute. Summary Report: Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer Workshop. Cancerinfo Available at: www.cancer.gov / / ERE-workshop-report. Accessed August 23, 2005. "
Health Care Stakeholder Discussion: Women
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