{"id":80139,"date":"2015-11-16T12:17:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T17:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=80139"},"modified":"2017-11-07T09:47:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T14:47:43","slug":"women-at-risk-by-ignoring-the-link-between-breast-cancer-and-abortion-says-cancer-survivor-and-counselor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/women-at-risk-by-ignoring-the-link-between-breast-cancer-and-abortion-says-cancer-survivor-and-counselor\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer survivor, counselor: Ignoring breast cancer abortion link puts women at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pink ribbons everywhere\u2014we saw it only weeks ago when Breast Cancer Awareness Month concluded. It\u2019s an eye-catching symbol, particularly for cancer survivors. A recent research study should also make us take notice, stating that<\/a>: \u201cBetween 1970 and 2014, the probability of U.S. women contracting breast cancer has more than quadrupled.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet in the fight to stop cancer, certain knowledge has been missing.<\/p>\n

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Cancer research organizations have made a capable effort to educate women regarding breast cancer risk factors\u2014except for one. As summarized<\/a> by a leading pregnancy help coalition: \u201cThe overall risk of developing breast cancer among women who had one or more induced abortions was significantly increased.\u201d<\/p>\n

While a multitude of research studies conducted worldwide confirm the abortion-breast cancer (ABC) link, these findings are often disputed and debated. Because I\u2019ve experienced an abortion at Planned Parenthood<\/a>, survived breast cancer and now help counsel women, I have a personal stake in discovering the truth.<\/p>\n

Two further sources shed more light. The American College of Pediatricians urges health care providers to educate young women about the strong link between abortion and breast cancer<\/a> finding that \u201cthis link is causal not merely correlational.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We need our medical professionals to tell us the truth.<\/p><\/div>\n

Meanwhile, National Review<\/em> reports that<\/a> a \u201cmeta-analysis of 36 studies from mainland China reported a 44 percent overall increase in breast-cancer risk among women who had had an abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

If abortion were not a politically protected procedure, there would be agreement based on the facts: abortion is a risk contributor for breast cancer. If women were given fair warning of the risks attributed to abortion<\/a>\u2014breast cancer being one of them, post-abortion trauma another\u2014I firmly believe women would think twice before choosing abortion.<\/p>\n

But both big government and the abortion industry has sold the procedure as \u201csafe\u201d for years, so turning that ship away from the iceberg becomes harder to do. The sad fact is that in all this time, there remains too much talk and too little action. While this political controversy persists, the losers are millions of women worldwide who risk their health because they simply are not informed of the risks.<\/p>\n

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While I have pored over research on this subject, I readily admit there are medical experts with more initials behind their names. What follows are observations about the abortion-breast cancer (ABC) link from a concerned counselor with personal experience:<\/p>\n