Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer Condemns Congressman Henry Waxman, Minority Staff of Committee on Government Reform

8/19/2003

From: Karen Malec of the Coalition on Abortion/Breat Cancer, 847-421-4000

PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill., Aug. 19 -- The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer condemns Congressman Henry Waxman and Congressmen on the Minority Staff of the Committee on Government Reform for publishing their misleading report, "Politics and Science in the Bush Administration." The report falsely accuses the administration of perverting science for political ends, but Waxman's purpose is to continue the government's 46-year cover-up of the abortion-breast cancer (ABC) research.

Karen Malec, president of the women's organization, said "Henry Waxman and his (overwhelmingly) male colleagues undoubtedly have their hands in the pockets of the abortion industry. They're running scared because science isn't on their side. Scientists can't disprove the biological explanation for an ABC link, and five medical organizations recognize a causal relationship. That's why they collaborated behind the scenes to ensure that no comprehensive review and debate on the research would take place at the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) workshop in February."

In 1999, the NCI declared there was no proof of an ABC link, although 26 out of 32 studies reported risk elevations and the agency paid for at least part of most of the American research. Its website included this lie: "The scientific rationale for an association between abortion and breast cancer is based on limited experimental data in rats and is not consistent with human data."

The agency's March 6, 2002, Web page included two more lies which: confused the effects of miscarriage and abortion and alleged that researchers found evidence of report bias. A medical group issued a fact sheet revealing that the web page was non-factual, and it was subsequently removed from the Web site. Waxman's group wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson on October 21 demanding the re-posting of the erroneous Web page.

"It's the height of hypocrisy for Waxman group to accuse others of having tampered with science," observed Malec.

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.

See full press release at http://www.AbortionBreastCancer.com