Moreover, the American Cancer Society s 1996 statement is very weak and underestimates the weight of the evidence, and in fact is not inconsistent with the Society s current characterization of the evidence as inconclusive. Induced abortion before first term pregnancy increases the risk of breast cancer. This is a responsible, straightforward statement written at a time when there were only two published U.S. studies addressing the abortion-breast cancer link. She conducted a review in 1997 of the abortion-breast cancer research at a time when there were ten more American studies. At that time, eleven of twelve U.S. studies indicated increased risk, eight of which were statistically significant.
Induced abortion is chiefly an elective surgical procedure.
Abortions are rarely performed to save a woman s life. Many individuals and organizations in our society which have long been trusted with the dissemination of public health information are responsible for withholding this vital information from women. The only way that women will be told the truth is if individuals who are aware of the research take this matter into their own hands to make it a grassroots movement. Those who have knowledge of the abortion-breast cancer research are morally obligated to share the information with friends, relatives and neighbors and for doing everything possible, within their means, to spread the word within their communities.