An African-American U.S. woman has about a 10% risk of contracting breast cancer during her lifetime. In December 1993 the Journal of the National Medical Association reported (pp. 931-939):
Black women of age 50 and above who had at least one induced abortion have an increased risk of breast cancer of 370% (95% CI=2.6,8.4). (I.E. they have a 47% lifetime risk of contracting breast cancer.) JNMA is a publication of African-American medical professionals concerned with African-American health problems and has published for over 100 years.
Breast Cancer Risk Factors In African-American Women: The Howard University Registry Experience, JNation Medical Association, A E Laing et al., 1993, 85:931-939
read more about the physical risks of abortion here.
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