LINK BETWEEN ABORTION AND BREAST CANCER; ALLEGED NEWS

BREAST CANCER IS AN HORRENDOUS AFFLICTION.  Many of us have witnessed the long struggle those diagnosed with breast cancer go through.

Link between abortion and breast cancer
Director Punam Kumar Gill's new documentary film Hush asked the question: 'Is there a link between abortion and breast cancer?' Alleged News.
  
  Currently there are more than 108 world-wide studies published on abortion and breast cancer; Alleged News.
  Fifty-three of them found a strong link between abortion and breast cancer; Alleged News.
  Twenty-three studies found a small link; Alleged News. [1]

  Out of the 108 studies, 79 [nearly 3 in 4] found an increased risk between induced abortion and the later development of breast cancer; Alleged News.
  When Director Gill delved deeper, she discovered that studies from all over the world demonstrated a higher rate of breast cancer among women who have had abortions:

• 10 out of 10 studies conducted in India
• 30 out of 37 studies conducted in China
• 5 out of 6 studies in France
• 4 out of 4 in Japan

Dr Joel Brind, Professor of Human Biology and Endocrinology, performed a meta-analysis of twenty-three available studies in 1996; Alleged News.

  He found that there was a 30% increased risk of breast cancer for women with abortion histories; Alleged News.

  Dr Brind explained to Director Gill how his meta-analysis was peer-reviewed and conducted in partnership with pro-choice scientists; Alleged News. [1]

Meta-analysis conclusions

In 2014, a meta-analysis published in the international journal Cancer Causes and Control by Yubei Huang et al. of the Tianjin Medical University provided similar results; Alleged News. [1]

  Huang examined 36 studies in China and found a 44% average increased risk of breast cancer among women with abortion histories; Alleged News. [1]

  This risk increased to 76% for those with two abortions and 79% for three abortions; Alleged News. [1]

  

Huang et al.'s Paper - brief overview

On page one of the Paper, the Abstract Objective reads: 

"To evaluate the association between induced abortion [IA] and breast cancer risk among Chinese females." [2]

  Huang's Introduction on Page 2 explains that "Chinese females historically had a lower risk of breast cancer compared to their counterparts in USA and other Western countries.

  However, the incidence of breast cancer in China had increased at an alarming rate over the past two decades (from 36.17/100.000 to 51.24/100.000 in urban areas and from 10.39/100.000 to 19.61/100.000 in rural areas). The marked change in breast cancer incidence was parallelled to the one-child-per-family policy, which became legal in China since the early 1980's. 

  Averagely 8.2 million medical terminations of pregnancy were reported yearly (14.4 million in 1983 and 6.4 million in 2010). It is estimated that one in four Chinese females have at least one induced abortion (IA) during their reproductive lives, and approximately 40 pregnancies are aborted for every 100 living births. Experimental data suggested that there was a plausible association between IA and breast cancer. During the first trimester of pregnancy, hormonal changes propel newly produced breast cells through a state of differentiation, a natural maturing process which greatly reduces the risk of breast cancer in the future. An interruption of this process by abortion will arrest this process before differentiation occurs, greatly raising the future risk of breast cancer in the future." [2]

  The paper gives the Methods, Eligibility Criteria and Data sources and searching strategy (see Page 2).

  Study selection and data extraction appear on Page 3.

  Data analysis is found on Page 4.

Results, Study selection, Syntheses of results  are documented (see Page 5).

Discussion begins on Page 6. 

Conclusion

The Conclusion on Page 8 reads:

"In summary, the most important implication of this study is that IA was significantly associated with an increased risk of breast cancer among Chinese females, and the risk of breast cancer increases as the number of IA increases. If IA were to be confirmed as a risk factor for breast cancer, high rates of IA in China may contribute to increasing breast cancer rates."

 [2]

This means, in essence, that the study concludes that induced abortion [IA] was significantly linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. Further, the risk of breast cancer rises with further abortions [IA].

How abortion increases breast cancer risk

Dr Pierre Band, a pioneer in the Oncology field, explained to Director Gill why abortion and breast cancer may be linked (see [1]).

  When a woman reaches late-term pregnancy, after 32 weeks, many of her breast cells have matured fully to begin producing milk.

  Once a breast cell matures, it has 'switched off'. This means it can no longer multiply, thus making it less susceptible to carcinogens [cancer forming factors]. 

  Mature and milk producing breast cells are less susceptible to becoming cancerous.

  Late-term pregnancy turns off cellular multiplication. 

Abortion, however, terminates [or stops] the pregnancy before the woman's breast cells switch off.

  Her vulnerable body is left full of estrogen and progesterone, and her breast cells are left in a vulnerable state of increased risk of becoming cancerous.[1]

  However, a miscarriage in the first three months, [otherwise known as a spontaneous abortion] does not increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. [1]

  This is because her hormone levels never reach that of a normally developing pregnancy. [1]

Recognized by medical community

Director Gill discovered that the science of breast maturation and its possible connection to cancer is recognized by the medical community, Alleged News. [1]

World Health Organization

The World Health Organization has recognized the risks of increased estrogen. It listed the Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, 'The Pill', as a group 1 carcinogen, along with other forms of estrogen and progesterone therapy.

  Carcinogen means 'a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue.' [1]

  

Movie 'Hush'

https://vimeo.com/131709100

Hush Trailer
https://www.reelhouse.org/mightymotionpictures/hushfilm/hush-international-trailer

[1] Researchers uncover hidden risk factor for breast cancer; Alleged News
https://www.care-net.org/abundant-life-blog/researchers-uncover-a-hidden-cause-of-breast-cancer

[2] A meta-analysis of the association between induced abortion and breast cancer risk among Chinese females; Alleged News
http://www.ministryoftruth.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Huang-2013.pdf

With thanks to vimeo.com, reelhouse.org, care-net.org and ministryoftruth.me.uk