The
Abortion-Breast
Cancer Link is America's Best Kept Secret
By Dr. Frank Joseph, M.D.
Being a physician and having
heard talk of a possible link between abortions and breast cancer, I
decided to investigate this very serious matter. Here are my findings:
The ACS (American Cancer
Society) reports that one of every seven women in the United States
will develop breast cancer.
Breast cancer has risen
dramatically in America by 50% since 1973, when abortions were legalized
(Roe Vs Wade) and is also increasing worldwide. Recent
studies, have pointed out a dramatic relationship between the rate of
abortion and the rising incidence of breast cancer. In
fact, as the rate of abortion rises in America, so does the rate of
breast cancer, with those women who have aborted having significantly
higher rates.
Of the 1.4 million abortions
done, yearly, in the United States and accounting
for the increased
risk posed by abortion, researchers estimate that the 800,000
first-time abortions performed annually would thus generate roughly
25,000 excess cases of breast cancer each year, as the first group of
women exposed to legal abortion advances in age.
However, the ACS refuses to
include induced abortions as a breast cancer risk. They say the link is
inconclusive, but they are wrong. The evidence is overwhelming.
Yet, they will report minor risk
factors, such as weight and diet. But the most closely
guarded secret is the connection between abortion and breast cancer.
...they refuse to list the
Abortion Breast cancer risk, even though 13 of 15 studies in the USA,
revealed the risk and 28 of 37 studies worldwide. Laboratory test on
rats also revealed the risk.
But don't take my word for it.
One need not be a specialist in the field to understand it —
its not that complicated. You be the judge. But first, here are the
basics:
It is estrogen, which is
produced in the ovaries, that transforms a young girl into a woman.
When pregnancy occurs, there is a SURGE of this hormone causing the
breast cells to proliferate dramatically in the first trimester, in
order to lay the foundation for the production of milk. These young
growing cells are more prone to develop cancer.
In the second half of pregnancy,
the estrogen levels RECEDE under the influence of such hormones as
human placental lactogen. The immature cells, then grow and
differentiate rapidly into mature, specialized milk producing tissue.
Once specialization has occurred, the cells are less likely to turn
cancerous.
When the pregnancy is
terminated by an induced abortion, these young growing cells (known as
undifferentiated cells), and having undergone drastic changes are now
in LIMBO. They are no longer normal breast cells, nor are
they capable of producing milk.
In plain English, these insulted
cells (traumatized) have been hung out to dry. They are between a rock
and a hard place. Scientists have known for years that any
cell in the human body that has been traumatized, whether by chemicals,
radiation, micro-trauma, or any other reason would be especially
vulnerable to cancer.
It has also been long
known that a pregnancy carried to term protects against breast cancer.
However, if a woman has an induced abortion, this protection is
terminated.
The reason is because the
proliferation of the undifferentiated, cancer vulnerable cells, by the
estrogen secreted early in the pregnancy, no longer has the protection
that comes from hormones released later in pregnancy, since the
pregnancy has been aborted.
The estrogen/breast
cancer risk has been known by doctors for many years, thus
their reluctance to prescribe estrogen for menopausal women, especially
those with any family history of breast cancer.
And women who have fewer or no
children, are exposed to more surges of estrogen that come with more
menstrual cycles. Women who breast feed their babies, also
have fewer menstrual cycles, thereby lowering their risk.
But we DO have epidemiological
data to prove it. 13 of 15 studies in the United States have proven it
and 28 out of 37 worldwide.
In 1996-OCT, four US scientists
announced the result of a statistical analysis of previous studies.
They selected 23 studies which involved over 60,000 women. They
combined all of their results using a process known as "meta-analysis."
They found "overwhelming" evidence that women who
terminate a pregnancy by an abortion have a 33% higher chance of
contracting breast cancer later in life.
How the American Cancer Society
can continue to perpetuate this cover-up, is mind boggling, in view of
the fact that their own man, Dr. Clark Heath, who is the head of
Epidemiology and Surveillance Research of the American Cancer Society,
on February 20, 1998, conceded to one aspect of the ABC link
— that an abortion delayed first birth increases breast
cancer risk. The longer the time to her first full term delivery, the
greater the risk.
Critics who formerly dismissed the possibility of
a relationship
between induced abortion and breast cancer are increasingly on the
defensive, largely as a consequence of the findings of a fascinating
study by Dr. Janet Daling, (who by the way, is Pro-choice) and her
colleagues at Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
In summation, let's isolate the
facts that are indisputable:
1- It's an indisputable fact that
estrogens are strong growth promoters of normal and most cancerous
breast tissue.
2- It's an indisputable fact that
most known risk factors for breast cancer are attributable to some form
of estrogen overexposure.
3- It's an indisputable fact that
maternal estradiol (estrogen) rises 20-fold (2,000%) during the first
trimester of a normal pregnancy.
4- It's an indisputable fact that
abnormal cells are more vulnerable to cancerous changes than normal
cells.
5- It's an indisputable fact that
pregnancies which abort spontaneously (miscarriage) usually generate
subnormal amounts of estradiol; no increased risk of breast cancer is
seen.
6- It's an indisputable fact that
the incidence of breast cancer is dramatically increased in rats whose
pregnancies are aborted.
DFjosephMD@aol.com
Ultra-traditionalist
says pope should convert
Jews
Father Franz Schmidberger, a top
official of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), also called on the Pope
to invalidate excommunications imposed when its founder, the late
French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, ordained bishops without permission.
The SSPX rejects the reforms of
the 1962-1965 Second Vatican Council. It sticks to the old Latin mass
and opposes recognizing the validity of other religions, particularly
non-Christians.
"Other religions, as such, are
false systems," said Schmidberger, who is the right-hand man of the
traditionalists' current head, Bishop Bernard Fellay.
"Instead of leading their
members to our Lord Jesus Christ, to Baptism and the confession of
faith in his divinity, they refrain from this and so we
consider these other religions as very dangerous," he told a
news conference presenting a biography of Lefebvre.
Fellay and Schmidberger held
talks with Benedict last August. But while Benedict shares
the SSPX's concern for some parts of Catholic tradition and has
encouraged wider use of Latin in the Church, he has vowed to continue
the dialogue with other religions begun by his predecessor John Paul.
Benedict has met Jews,
Protestants and Muslims. In August he visited a synagogue in his native
Germany.
washingtonpost.com 11/19/05
Nuke
Pills Not Ready
Despite `03 Deadline
Despite an order from Congress,
the Bush administration has not given millions of people living within
20 miles of nuclear power plants access to pills that could help
protect them if they are exposed to radiation.
It will be early 2006, at the
earliest, before potassium iodide pills are made available to these
people. Congress had ordered that the pills, which help prevent thyroid
cancer, be stockpiled by mid-2003.
The federal government already
makes pills available to states that have residents living within 10
miles of a licensed nuclear reactor. The nation has 104 such reactors
spread across 33 states.
After the Sept. 11 attacks
raised concerns that terrorists might try to attack nuclear power
plants, members of Congress decided more people should be protected.
HOW PILLS WORK: A nuclear
accident produces radioactive iodine. Potassium iodide pills, if taken
quickly, fill the thyroid with nonradioactive iodine, thereby blocking
the radioactive element from the thyroid.
As part of broad bioterrorism
legislation passed in 2002, Congress set a June 2003 deadline for the
administration to offer free potassium iodide pills to states that have
residents living within a 20-mile radius of a plant.
States have the option of
stockpiling their own potassium iodide pills.
usatoday.com 10/11/05
Gynecologist
Convicted
of Sexual Abuse
SEATTLE — A
jury Wednesday convicted a gynecologist of raping and fondling women
who came to his clinics for treatment.
Charles Momah pleaded not guilty
last year to two counts of rape and two counts of indecent liberties
with patients. The verdict, guilty on all charges, came after four days
of deliberations. He could face up to 16 years in prison.
Prosecutors alleged that Momah
performed gynecological exams without wearing gloves, flirted with and
touched patients inappropriately, and probed them unnecessarily with a
vaginal ultrasound wand.
The documents also say the
obstetrician-gynecologist prescribed addictive painkillers for no good
medical reason, pressured patients into surgeries and double-billed
insurance companies for procedures.
In closing arguments last week,
Momah's defense attorney David Allen said the stories told in court by
four former patients were "preposterous" and defied "common sense."
King County Deputy Prosecutor
Roger Rogoff acknowledged some of the alleged victims' testimony wasn't
pretty: One patient admitted she used Momah to get drugs, one admitted
extorting him, and some continued to go to him after the alleged sexual
contact.
Clinics that Momah operated in
Federal Way, Burien and Issaquah are now closed. The state suspended
his medical license in 2003.
washingtonpost.com 11/17/05
French
Unrest Subsides, But
Violence Persists In Lyon
PARIS—The recent unrest
roiling France continued to subside Sunday without having touched the
capital's tourist districts, as had been feared.
The police said the
number of cars set ablaze Saturday night fell to 374, from 502 a night
earlier, the lowest tally in 11 days. It was not clear whether the
state of emergency called last week had helped stem the violence or
whether the unrest was simply running out of steam.
The most concentrated unrest
came in Lyon, France's second-most-populous metropolitan region, where
the police clashed with dozens of youths in the historic center before
a curfew took effect Saturday. In a northern suburb of Paris,
meanwhile, one police officer was hospitalized after being hit by a
steel boccie ball thrown from the upper floors of a housing project.
The unrest broke out
on Oct. 27 after two teenagers were electrocuted while hiding in a
power substation, believing that the police were chasing them. Minority
youths had accused the police of hounding them unfairly, and the
initial protests quickly spread across the country. The
resulting violence, which destroyed millions of dollars worth of
property, has started an intense debate in France on the conditions for
its mostly Muslim, non-European minorities.
Many people feel that the
nationwide unrest has marked a turning point in the country's evolution
from its old-world identity to a more multicultural society. They see a
shift from the deference practiced by former colonial subjects and
their children to a new generation that is made up of French citizens
and demand equal treatment as such.
Interior Minister Nicolas
Sarkozy continued to take a hard line against perpetrators of the
violence, vowing to expel any who are not French citizens. Though most
of the youths who took to the streets are believed to be French
citizens, many North African immigrants in France have maintained their
foreign nationality.
"Foreigners found guilty can and
will be expelled," the interior minister said during a brief meeting
with the police on the Champs-Élysées on
Saturday.
On Sunday, the leader of the
far-right National Front Party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, said the violence
was the result of uncontrolled immigration that constituted "a global
atomic bomb." Speaking in a panel discussion organized by Le Figaro and
the television station LCI, he said he backed Mr. Sarkozy's tough talk
in putting down the unrest and conceded that the interior minister had
found support within the National Front.
nytimes.com 11/14/05