Study Doesn't Back Abortion-Cancer Link

[Caution]

Source: Associated Press

CHICAGO --A Harvard study released Monday supports earlier findings by a panel of experts that having an abortion doesn't increase a woman's risk of getting breast cancer.

However, this latest analysis isn't likely to convince all those opposed to abortion. Three states -- Texas, Minnesota and Mississippi -- require doctors to warn women seeking abortions of the purported link to breast cancer "when medically accurate," letting doctors make that determination based on current scientific evidence.

In 2003, a group of scientists convened by the National Cancer Institute concluded abortion did not raise the risk of breast cancer.

What evidence shows is that childbearing before the age of 35 reduces a woman's breast cancer risk and breast-feeding also helps, said the new study's lead author Karin Michels of Harvard Medical School. Scientists believe breast cells that have gone through a full-term pregnancy gain protection against cancer, she said.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/women/articles/2007/04/23/study_doesnt_back_abortion_cancer_link/

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Gee. What a shocker here.

[aquart]

1. What a surprise.

[MissB]

2. Now all they need is a comprehensive study regarding

how abortions affect a woman's mental health. :eyes: