Transcript Wellesley October 2005

Lethal Legacy:
The Link Between Abortion and
Breast Cancer
Eve Sánchez Silver
Medical Research Analyst
Executive Director
CLResearch
[email protected]
www.clresearch.org
CLResearch… making research clear
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Breast Cancer is very personal
It fractures your femininity
 It shatters self-image
 It is the destroyer of “self” as you
know yourself to be
 Breast Cancer is…
the destroyer of lives
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Lethal Legacy: The Link Between
Abortion and Breast Cancer…
Abortion’s long term effects lead to
a lifetime of regret and
additional loss of life
 Women Deserve Information
 Women’s Rights begin with
women’s health
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The Abortion-Breast Cancer Link
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Outline
The Abortion-Breast Cancer Link
 Breast Cancer: Abortion’s Legacy
 Psychological Impact of Abortion
Trauma
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The breast is an organ
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The mammary gland is the only organ
that is not fully developed at birth
Until there is a full term pregnancy, the
breast remains immature
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The breast develops in stages
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Immature in Stage 1:
From birth
 through puberty
 until pregnancy
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Mature in Stage 2:
The breast is mature only after a
full term pregnancy
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How does breast
differentiation occur?
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Mammary Lobules:
Type 1:
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Type 2:
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Pre-puberty few type 1 lobules exist
At puberty: increased estrogen causes growth of
lobules that become type 2 lobules
As a woman gets older: increased estrogen causes
further growth of lobules type 1 and 2 lobules
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How does breast
differentiation occur? (cont’d)
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PREGNANCY after 32 weeks
Type 3
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Type 4
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The last eight weeks of pregnancy TURN OFF the
growth and cancer forming potentials of type 1 and 2
lobules
Safe, non-cancerous Milk producing lobules form
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Lobule differentiation
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Breast size increases by the aggregate number
of Type 1 lobules, over time
The sooner a woman’s breast lobules convert
from cancer prone Type 1 and 2 lobules to
cancer protected Type 3 and 4 lobules, the
lower her risk of breast cancer
Dr. Angela Lanfranchi, M.D., F.A.C.S. Clinical Assistant Professor of
Surgery,Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ
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Effect of full term
pregnancy on risk
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A full term pregnancy dramatically reduces
lifetime breast cancer risk by converting type
1 and type 2 lobules to type 3 and 4
The FIRST full term pregnancy has the
greatest risk-reducing effect since more type
1 and 2 lobules are available for conversion
entering this first pregnancy than just before
subsequent pregnancies
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Effect of full term
pregnancy on risk (cont’d)
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Subsequent pregnancies further reduce
lifetime risk
Reducing the time interval from first
menstruation until the first full term
pregnancy also serves to limit overall
lifetime risk
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Epidemiological Studies
 So many studies… since 1957
 33 studies worldwide have shown a 95%
confidence interval for the effect of induced
abortion on the entire population studied
(i.e. : scientific evidence is 95% reliably sure)
Women who had at least one abortion were
50% more likely to develop breast cancer
27 of the studies showed definite increased risk
17 of these studies were statistically significant
(Joel Brind, Ph.D; Professor of Human Biology and Endocrinology Baruch College, City
University of New York)
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International Studies show a 95% confidence interval
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Premature Birth Risks
 59 out of 59 studies show even ONE
ABORTION significantly increases Risk of
Premature Birth
 Premature birth increases baby’s risks
of:
Cerebral Palsy
Hyaline Membrane (lung) Disease
Poland and Ireland - countries which
prohibit abortion- have 50% lower rates of
premature birth and breast cancer than US
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Breast Cancer: Abortion’s Legacy
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Breast Cancer Worldwide
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Breast cancer rates are increasing
dramatically worldwide while other
cancer rates are NOT
What about abortion rates?
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Patrick Carroll
British researcher, director of the Pensions
and Population Research Institute, London
Presented his findings at the Joint
Statistical Meetings at the Minneapolis
Convention Center – the largest gathering of
statisticians in North America
Insurance Actuaries determining trends
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Carroll’s report:
The first trend is that upper-class
women are the most likely to develop
breast cancer and die of the disease
 Abortion before a first birth and
delayed first birth among upper class
women provide the best explanations
for this trend, according to Carroll
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Carroll says
The second trend involves regional breast cancer rates
of the British Isles. Breast cancer rates are greatest in
the southeast (116 per 100,000) where abortion
rates are higher than in other regions, whereas
 A third trend finds an increase in breast cancer
between 1971 and 2002. During those years, incidence
of the disease rose 70 percent in the UK
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Follow the social class breast
cancer mortality rates of England
and Wales
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Follow the trends
Carroll's research adds to a body of evidence
showing women who have had one or more
abortions – especially one prior to birthing
their first child – are more susceptible to
breast cancer.
Karen Malec, Abortion-Breast Cancer Coalition
http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com
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Pharmaceutical Legacies
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Pharmaceutical Legacies
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Estrogen is a recognized carcinogen
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its carcinogenic effect is measured in parts
trillion
per
The Pill (which contains estrogen) causes
breast cancer (as listed in textbooks)
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Latest report from WHO
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The World Health Organization
latest report states that estrogen is
carcinogenic to women (August 2005)
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Concerns develop over contraceptive
products oral contraceptives (like the
Pill) and HRTs (Hormone Replacement Therapy)
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Estrogen
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Women start producing substantial
estrogen at puberty
Estrogen causes breast cancer in type 1
and type 2 lobules
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Estradiol levels
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Estrogen level during 28
weeks of pregnancy
Source: Kunz and Kunz
Early Miscarriage
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A-BC pathology
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A-BC pathology
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Women start producing substantial
estrogen at puberty
Estrogen causes breast cancer in type 1
and type 2 lobules
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A-BC pathology (2)
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The longer women with type 1 and 2 lobules
are exposed to their own estrogens, the
greater their risk of developing breast
cancer
Once type 1 and 2 lobules are converted
into type 3 and 4 lobules, they become
immune to the cancer
Abortion interrupts the conversion of type 1
and 2 lobules into protective type 3 and 4
lobules
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A-BC pathology (3)
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Naturally aborted pregnancies (miscarriage)
do not appreciably increase cancer risk due to
low estrogen levels
This pathway has been confirmed
experimentally —Jose and Irma Russo (Fox Chase
Cancer Center)
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A-BC pathology (3)
Abortion
Rate
Relative Risk
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15 year running averages
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Susceptibility of the Mammary Gland to Carcinogenesis
II. Pregnancy Interruption as a risk factor in Tumor Incidence
Jose Russo, MD, Irma H. Russo, MD
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Mitigating the A-BC
pathway
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Two factors that control lifetime breast
cancer risk
 Limit accelerated risk increases by
avoiding forced aborted pregnancies
 Reduce lifetime risk by having a fullterm pregnancy
Lifetime risk can be further limited by
having a first full term pregnancy as soon
as possible after menarche
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The BRCA1
Breast Cancer Gene
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BRCA1 & BRCA2 gene pathology
BRCA1&2 carriers have an increased lifetime
risk of developing:
a second primary breast cancer in the
same breast
breast cancer in the other breast
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Mitigating the BRCA1 pathway
Dr. Mary Claire King: BRCA1 gene
Women with the BRCA1 gene have a
higher incidence of breast cancer when
compared to women without the gene
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Mitigating the BRCA1 pathway
Dr. Mary Claire King: BRCA1 gene
Women who have the BRCA1 breast
cancer gene
Are as protected by pregnancy as women
who do not have the BRCA1 gene
IF women with BRCA1 have a:
 first full term pregnancy
 followed by lactation (& breast feeding)
They can then attain the maximum protection
achievable same as women without the BRCA1gene
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Who is keeping
a lid on the facts?
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Reputable researchers fear for their
reputations and their jobs if they speak
up
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Pink Money Organizations
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PINK MONEY ORGANIZATIONS are often the
cancer research funding organizations who
have a financial agenda to fulfill and a social
agenda to carry out:
WOMEN’s RIGHTS
are more important than
 WOMEN’s HEALTH
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Pink Money Organizations
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PINK MONEY ORGANIZATIONS
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Remain silent about the confirmed link between
abortion and breast cancer
May stand to gain financially by maintaining an
information black-out on confirmed abortion-breast
cancer link facts
DENY confirmed A-BC Link facts because it is
politically expedient to do so in order to support their
funding organizations
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United States
Pink Money Organizations
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The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation
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The American Cancer Society
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The National Cancer Institute
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And the US Media
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Journal of Ethics and Medics
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Bio-ethics journal revealed flawed study
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Dr. Edward Furton, Editor of JEM slammed
scientists for “shoddy research” in defending
the notion that abortion is “safe”
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Dr. Angela Lanfranchi’s articles discredited The
National Cancer Institute’s favorite: Beral Study
See Dr. Joel Brind’s article regarding “sham research”
(www.bcpinstitute.org)
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National Cancer Institute
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Claim: "Although it has been the
subject of extensive research there is
no convincing evidence of a direct
relationship between breast cancer
and either induced or spontaneous
abortion".
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Melbye Misclassification
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60,000 women who had abortions
misclassified in the study as not having
had an induced abortion
Dr. Joel Brind, Breast Cancer Prevention Institute
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The Melbye Study
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I suggested in a long letter to the Wall Street Journal in 1997
that "the NCI (that is, the US National Cancer Institute and its
journal would do better to protect American women" and by
extension, women in the rest of the world as well) "by warning
them about abortion; [which] most evidence indicates is the
single most avoidable risk factor for breast cancer, rather
than protecting the abortion industry by invoking flawed
analyses from Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark."
Dr. Joel Brind, Breast Cancer Prevention Institute
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Dirty white lab coats
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Researchers with vested interests put out
unreliable or false data
Publishers publish it
The media proclaims it
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Some will not be silent
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Dr. Janet Daling’s Study of American Women:
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"Risk of Breast Cancer Among Young Women:
Relationship to Induced Abortion”
(11/ 2/ issue: 1994 Journal of the National Cancer Institute,Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA.)
 1,806 women in study
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845 women with breast cancer
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961 control group (no b/c)
 Each Interview was 1on 1 and 2hours long
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Daling’s findings:
The Abortion-Breast Cancer Link
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For abortion after age 30
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First abortion before 18
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BC Risk Increase: 110 percent
BC Risk Increase: 150 percent
First abortion after age 30 with a
Family History of BC(mother, sister, aunt)
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BC Risk Increase: 270 percent
12 women developed breast cancer
during the study…
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Daling’s findings:
The Abortion-Breast Cancer Link
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In this study:
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Every woman who had
• a first degree family member with breast
cancer and
• an abortion before the age of 18
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Developed breast cancer before the age
of 45
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Abortion’s effect
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Aborted women clinically experience:
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Shame
Auditory hallucinations
Issues of intimacy
Sexual dysfunction
Psychologically numb
Increased hostility
source: Silent No More - Canada
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Recent studies series from
Finland and California
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"These studies represent the first
time that the measurements of
deaths associated with abortion
and childbirth have been taken
using a consistent and uniform
standard.” (-Reardon The Journal of Contemporary Health
Law & Policy 2004; 20(2):279-327)
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Suicidal ideation
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Suicidal ideation in aborted women is
2- 5 x’s higher than other women
source: Silent No More - Canada
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Finland’s statistics are: 6x’s higher
The following shows Findland’s mortality
rates within a single year immediately
after abortion
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Finish Study of all women aged 15-49
(1987-94) Women who died within 12 months
of delivering, aborting or miscarrying
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Gisler, M. et, al, Acta Obstetrica et Gynecoloigica Scandinavica
76:651-657 1997
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Finish Study of all women aged 15-49
(1987-94) Women who died within 12 months
of delivering, aborting or miscarrying (cont’d)
Gisler, M. et, al, Acta Obstetrica et
Gynecoloigica Scandinavica
76:651-657 1997
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Finish Study of all women aged 15-49
(1987-94) Women who died within 12 months
of delivering, aborting or miscarrying (cont’d)
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Gisler, M. et, al, Acta Obstetrica et
Gynecoloigica Scandinavica
76:651-657 1997
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Corrected death rates
94 percent of maternal deaths
associated with abortion are not
identifiable from death certificates
alone
 death rate associated with abortion
is actually three times higher
than that of childbirth
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American women
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2002 study of low income Californian
women over 8 year period, women who
aborted compared to women who
delivered full term are more likely to die
from:
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Suicide 184%
Accidents 82%
Circulatory disease 187%
Cerebrovascular disease 446% (stroke)
Natural causes 44%
Southern Medical Journal 2002: 95 (8):834-841
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Australia
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90,000 abortions per year
Repeat abortion rates 39%
Under 20 repeat rate is 1 in 5
Under 25 repeat rate is 2 in 5
Under 30 repeat rate is over 50%
Pregnancy Outcome in South Australia 2002
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Aboriginal women Australia
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“Abortion
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Indigenous women of Australia
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is genocide.”
Abortion incidence rising among Indigenous women
who face breast cancer risks as well
3rd highest cause of cancer deaths among
Indigenous women
Present with slightly larger tumors and more
advanced breast cancer histology
(2003 Blackwell Science Ltd. Malden, MA, USA)
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Festival of Light
Adelaide, Australia (students)
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International Abortion Facts
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Abortions Worldwide
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Where abortions occur:
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Number of abortions per year: Approximately 46 Million
Number of abortions per day: Approximately 126,000
78% of all abortions are obtained in developing
countries and 22% occur in developed countries
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Profound International Results
 Abortion averages worldwide:
 The lifetime average is about
abortion per woman in the world
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source: Center for Bioethical Reform
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Access to professional help
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Health professionals are not being
trained to
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Identify
treat
or prevent abortion trauma
The vast majority of those traumatized
have no access to the professional
help they require
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Legacy of Late Reproduction
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The scramble to have kids just before
the clock runs out:
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Fertility specialists
Invasive procedures
In vitro fertilization
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Everyone gets into the act
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Donated sperm
Ovum donors
Frozen sperm
Surrogate mothers
Turkey-baster dads
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Litigation and The Abortion-Breast
Cancer Link
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Litigation and The Abortion-Breast
Cancer Link
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Medical Malpractice Risk for doctors
 Two non-disclosure A-BC link info
cases were prosecuted in the US
and won
• One was a precedent setting Judgment
of Liability
Two cases were won in Australia
 Pre-term litigation will increase
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Sign popping up in the USA
HAD AN ABORTION?
SEE A LAWYER
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Watch for international class action
suits
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United States
 Class action suits are being drafted
• Based on the precedent setting Judgment of
Liability (Portland, Oregon)
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These cases will ask:
• Who knew the A-BC facts and said nothing?
• Who knew the A-BC facts and did nothing?
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Watch for class action suits coming to your
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Summary
There is important information about the
lifetime abortion-breast cancer risks to women
Pink Money Organizations are claiming
concern for women’s health but silent about
significant studies and data on the abortionbreast cancer link
The facts are clear and “rock-solid”
The general international public must be
informed and pro-active for its own well-being
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Speak Up
about the A-BC Link
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Send e-mail alerts
WRITE LETTERS
Phone radio stations
Tell your friends, colleagues and neighbors
Keep informed, stay in touch…
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Organizations working to
OUT the TRUTH:
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The Abortion-Breast Cancer Coalition
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The Breast Cancer Prevention Institute
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http://www.bcpinstitute.org/
CLResearch
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http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/
http://www.clresearch.org/
http://www.pinkmoney.org/
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Lethal Legacy:
The Link
Between Abortion
and Breast Cancer
Eve Sánchez Silver
Medical Research Analyst
Executive Director
CLResearch LLC
[email protected]
www.clresearch.org
Access Presentation:
This outline is available for download at:
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http://www.clresearch.org/talks/australia_download0509.pdf
Many thanks to:
Karen Malec
President
The Abortion Breast Cancer Coalition
www.abortionbreastcancer.com
Joel Brind, Ph.D.
Professor of Human Biology and Endocrinology
Baruch College, City University of New York
www.bcpinstitute.org
Angela Lanfranchi, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ
www.bcpinstitute.org
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D.A. Forest
President
RTTC
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References
7. Gissler M, Berg C, Bouvier-Colle MH, Buekens P. Methods for identifying
pregnancy-associated deaths: population-based data from Finland 1987-2000.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2004 Nov;18(6):448-55.
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Gissler: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.13653016.2004.00591.x?cookieSet'1
Reardon:
http://www.afterabortion.org/research/DeathsAssocWithAbortionJCHLP.pdf
See related story: Death Rate of Abortion Three Times Higher than Childbirth:
13-year Population Study in Published in Top OB/Gyn Journal
http://www.afterabortion.info/news/GisslerAJOG.htm
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End
"...there is a highly visible difference between the pace
of basic sciences and the application of new knowledge
to human problems. It needs explaining."
Lewis Thomas
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