By: Judith Bandsma
Re: Gnat and abortion

 NC>> I posted some information, studies are just begining in the
 NC>> area abortion and breast cancer. this should at the very
 NC>> least be "discussed" along with any other topic... but the
 NC>> high IQ folks like yourself are so afraid that there may be
 NC>> side affects to abortion you all run like a bunch of scared
 NC>> rabbits.

In the most recent New England Journal of Medicine (it may have the word
American in there somewhere but I'm not sure.) there is an article on
the ACTUAL research done on this topic.

The study was done in Denmark (where, I gather, abortion has always been
legal) on 1.5 million women born between 1935 and 1970, on the correlation
of abortion to increased risk of breast cancer.

Data was collected from data bases and the women's actual medical records
rather than relying on interview data. One and a half million is a large
number, especially for a country the size of Denmark. The study was
homogeneous in that all the women were Danish citizens and it was controlled
for outside factors. (Although I can't cite which and how...I have only
read a precis and not the actual article.)

The findings were surprising...absolutely NO difference in the incidence of
breast cancer in those who had had abortions. NONE, nada, zip, zilch. The
numbers held across the board.

To the gnat...what's next now that this has been DEFINITELY blown out of
the water? I know! How about the correlation of men who father babies who
get aborted and the incidence of impotence? (Makes as much sense to me as
the other)


... Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (S)lap nearest innocent bystander.