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(12/7/2005)
MaterCare International Recognizes Abortion-Breast Cancer Link MaterCare is seventh medical organization to acknowledge risk HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Dec. 7 /Christian Wire Service/ -- MaterCare International issued a statement this week acknowledging a "significant increase in breast cancer risk after induced abortion," announced the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer. It's the seventh medical organization to recognize that abortion raises risk, independently of the effect of delaying the birth of a first child (a known breast cancer risk). The statement was issued just days after the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons published a review of 10 prospective studies by Professor Joel Brind. Brind identified serious flaws in those studies. The statement said the 10 studies were "published in an attempt to discredit" a 1996 review and meta-analysis by Brind and his Penn State colleagues confirming an abortion-cancer link. Besides the seven groups acknowledging the abortion-cancer link, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, called on doctors in 2003 to inform patients about a "highly plausible" link. Andrew Schlafly, the organization's general counsel, warned doctors this year that: 1) Two Americans and one Australian successfully sued their abortionists for failing to disclose the risks of breast cancer and emotional harm; 2) Failure to diagnose breast cancer (or diagnose it early) is the most common U.S. malpractice lawsuit; and 3) The abortion-cancer link is driving the malpractice crisis. Schlafly invited post-abortive women (with or without breast cancer) to e-mail legal questions to him with "abortion" in the subject line. "Doctors can't screen patients for breast cancer properly if the U.S. National Cancer Institute and cancer fundraising businesses suppress scientific evidence," noted Karen Malec, president of the coalition. "Who could believe the NCI wants to win a "war on cancer"? To avoid lawsuits, doctors should avoid this contra-indicated procedure, inform abortion-minded patients about the risk, and request abortion histories on all patient intake forms. Because of this cover-up, post-abortive women are losing opportunities to seek early detection, adopt risk-reduction strategies, and join clinical trials." MaterCare International's statement is available here.
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