{"id":158407,"date":"2016-12-16T17:40:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T22:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=158407"},"modified":"2016-12-16T17:40:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T22:40:48","slug":"no-texas-didnt-release-abortion-booklet-false-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/no-texas-didnt-release-abortion-booklet-false-information\/","title":{"rendered":"No, the Texas ‘right to know’ abortion booklet does not contain false information"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2003, the Texas legislature mandated that women be given information before undergoing an abortion. This became a booklet titled, “A Woman’s Right to Know<\/a>,” and the Texas Department of State Health Services just released a new edition with updated information. One of the facts stated in the booklet is that abortion increases a woman’s\u00a0risk for various health issues, including breast cancer and depression.<\/p>\n

According to the Associated Press, this is “refuted” information<\/a>. The\u00a0article reads, “The new edition of the booklet contains a section titled ‘Breast Cancer Risk,’ despite numerous, peer-reviewed studies that have refuted links between abortion and breast cancer. The booklet also says women who terminate pregnancies can become suicidal and infertile.”<\/p>\n

But has that information really been refuted? The answer is no.<\/p>\n

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