Study: Abortion More Than Triples Breast Cancer Risk Among Sri Lankans MEDIA ADVISORY, June 22 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer notes a study in the journal, Cancer Epidemiology, reporting that Sri Lankan women with abortions more than tripled their breast cancer risk (3.42 odds ratio). Abortion was the most significant factor in the study. Researchers found a significantly reduced risk associated with prolonged duration of breastfeeding and a nearly tripled increased risk from exposure to passive smoking. The study entitled, "Prolonged breastfeeding reduces risk of breast cancer in Sri Lankan women: A case-control study," was led by Malintha De Silva and colleagues from the University of Colombo. [1]  Among women who breastfed between 12-23 months, researchers found a 66.3% risk reduction in comparison to those who had never breastfed and those who had breastfed between 0 and 11 months. The risk reduction climbed to 87.4% for the 24-35 months group and 94% for the 36-47 months group.  "Obviously, women who abort forfeit the protective effect of breastfeeding," said Karen Malec, president of the Coalition. "The loss of that protective effect is incurred in addition to the effect of abortion leaving the breasts with more places for cancers to start.  "According to the researchers, 'mammography is not widely available for routine screening' in Sri Lanka. Therefore, health professionals must emphasize disease prevention. It is criminal that the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) has covered up this risk for over a half century. Uncle Sam is abusing women by concealing the risk."  The Sri Lankan study is the fourth epidemiological study in fourteen months to report an abortion-breast cancer link, including studies from the U.S., China and Turkey. [2-4] Louise Brinton, a NCI branch chief, served as co-author in the U.S. study in which she and her colleagues admitted that "...induced abortion and oral contraceptive use were associated with increased risk of breast cancer." The authors cited a statistically significant 40% increased risk. [4]  "It's becoming increasingly difficult for the NCI to keep its fingers and toes in the dike," said Malec, "especially since many researchers in other parts of the world do not depend on the agency for grants."  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 available at:  www.abortionbreastcancer.com/press_ releases/100622/index.htm

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June 4, 2010 Virginia school officials are horrified that some students saw a scientifically-accurate fetal model. The principal and a staff member have been put on administrative leave, while the school board says the matter is being investigated.    It’s hardly complicated. The “fetus dolls,” as they’ve come to be called in the media, were given to students by a staff member at the Oakwood Elementary School in Norfolk. The four-inch models, lifelike and beautiful, depict an unborn baby at 12 weeks gestation. An attached card describes the first trimester of fetal development—just as you’d expect to find in a science textbook. It’s a positive way to begin dialogue with children regarding an important topic. There’s no mention of abortion or religion, but the visual itself is apparently too objectionable for school officials.    “It’s hard to imagine,” said one school board member who opposed the idea. Another stated it was “entirely inappropriate and unacceptable.”    Since when is the image of an unborn baby horrifying? Schools routinely send students home with lifelike dolls to teach them about the challenges of parenthood. And with sex ed classes often taught in elementary grades (they start in 6th grade at Oakwood), it hardly seems indecent for these same children to be exposed to a figurine of an unborn baby.    We can only conclude that pro-abortion activists are once again afraid of the truth. Indeed, the knee-jerk reaction of the school and its board shows they can’t even allow basic information on fetal development to be shared for fear that it will infringe on the sacred right to abortion. After all, if children—the future parents of America—recognize that a 12-week-old fetus has arms, legs, eyes, ears and all the parts of a baby, then the abortion mantra becomes the only ugly part of this story.    For Life, Bradley Mattes Executive Director Life Issues Institute