National Cancer Institute official convinced that abortion raises breast cancer risk

“In a workshop in 2003 National Cancer Institute (NCI) had denied an abortion – breast cancer link. Dr. Louise Brinton, an NCI official who helped organize the conference, reversed her opinion and admitted that both abortion and oral contraceptives raised breast cancer risk. Her changed opinion was due to a study she co-authored with researcher Jessica Dolle of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute. It documented a 40% increased risk of breast cancer in women who had abortions, and up to 320% increased risk of triple negative breast cancer in recent users of oral contraceptives.”

(Cancer Epistemology, Biomarkers and Prevention, April 2009)

Dr. and Mrs. John C. Willke Abortion and the Pro-Life Movement: An Inside View (West Conshohocken, PA: Infinity Publishing, 2014) 604 – 605

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Sarah Terzo is a pro-life writer and blogger. She is on the board of The Consistent Life Network and PLAGAL +

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