Breast Cancer Fund-Raisers Challenged


By Kim Trobee, correspondent
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SUMMARY: Group wants breast cancer organizations to reveal a possible link to abortion.

The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer has called on supporters to challenge groups that raise money for breast cancer research for not acknowledging studies connecting abortion and breast cancer.

Coalition President Karen Malec said the fund-raising groups should be asked questions such as, "Does the woman who aborts before a first full term pregnancy have a greater breast cancer risk than does the woman who carries her pregnancy to term?" and "Does abortion contribute to the nation's breast cancer rates?"

Malec maintained the only logical answer to those questions is "yes."

"If they say 'no,' " she said, "they'll look foolish because the protective effect of early childbearing is well established.

Malec explained that women are born with cancer-vulnerable breast tissue. The third trimester of pregnancy tends to make those cells cancer-resistant. Cancer fund-raisers, she said, ignore that fact because they have ulterior motives.

"They're more interested in raising money for research," she said, "than they are in preventing breast cancer."

The groups specifically targeted are: the American Cancer Society, Avon Foundation, Komen Foundation, Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization and The National Breast Cancer Coalition.

DID YOU KNOW - Did you know that a woman who chooses abortion increases her chances of breast cancer by 30 percent or more? Dr. Joel Brind discusses the health risks that accompany abortion, and Charnette Messe describes the trauma of her past abortion and her current battle with breast cancer in the Focus on the Family broadcast cassette: "Abortion: A Breast Cancer Link."