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.

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