All 10 women who had had two consecutive abortions developed breast cancer. Those with three or more tripled their risk, her study found. But the American media, far from pro-woman on this one, have refused to tell the truth. Abortions that occur earlier in pregnancy are more likely to cause cancer, he said. Even if the baby is going to be a goner, for the sake of the mother, is far better to carry the baby to term.
Breast cancer is caused by excess estrogen, the female sex hormone.
Estrogen levels normally increase during puberty and pregnancy, when the breasts are increasing in size, Dr. Brind explained. Any interruption in that level is risky, he said, because the woman's body will lack the counterbalancing hormones produced at the end of pregnancy, whch bring the estrogen level back to normal. If a woman has an abortion, her risk of developing breast cancer is worse than if she had never become pregnant, Dr. Brind said. The effects are the same.