Women's Group Slams American Medical Association's Efforts to Conceal Abortion-Breast Cancer Research

1/2/2004

"Stop worrying about medical malpractice insurance premiums and the loss of abortion income. Try putting people's lives ahead of your own financial interests," said Malec to the AMA. The AMA's priorities haven't changed since 1964 when it accepted $10 million from tobacco companies and then opposed efforts in Congress to require tobacco companies to put warning labels on cigarette packages. Among 16 studies on American women, 13 report risk elevations. Research published in the AMA's journal demonstrated that relative risk increases with age at diagnosis. In addition, a study on rats reveals that more aborted rats develop breast cancer after being exposed to a carcinogen than virgin rats and rats with pups. Estrogen overexposure is connected with the development of most breast cancers. Women are exposed to more estrogen starting early in a viable pregnancy than at any other time in their lives. Estrogen overexposure is especially harmful to women whose breast tissue hasn't matured into cancer-resistant Types 3 and 4 lobules, which only develop in the third trimester of pregnancy. "I have two challenges for the MMA," declared Malec. "First, disprove the biological explanation for the ABC link. No scientist has been able to do so. Neither will you. Second, identify one risk factor for breast cancer, which has more evidence amassed against it than does abortion." The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer is an international women's organization founded to protect the health and save the lives of women by educating and providing information on abortion as a risk factor for breast cancer. References: See press release at http://www.AbortionBreastCancer.com/press_releases/040102/index.htm