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The Breast Cancer/Abortion
Connection
Megan* was only 10 when her mom
was diagnosed with breast cancer. She watched her mom endure the pain of the disease and
the supposed cure as she underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy. Megan normally could
have turned to her beloved grandmother for comfort. But her grandmother was diagnosed with
breast cancer at the same time and was herself undergoing treatment. After a four year
battle, Megan’s mom died at the young age of 39. Her grandma lived six more years
before she died of the disease.
When Megan was 17 she became pregnant. At nine
weeks, she made an appointment at an abortion clinic. When she arrived they took her to a
room filled with other girls, gave her valium, explained the procedure and performed the
abortion. At no time did they ask her family or personal medical history.
Megan is now 22. Because of her mother’s
and grandmother’s breast cancer, she is considered high risk. She can’t do
anything about this. What she didn’t know was that her abortion, combined with her
family history, her age and the early stage of pregnancy termination, increased her
chances of breast cancer by as much as 800% before the age of 45! Why hadn’t she been
told this? Why, if abortion is about choice, hadn’t she been given this information
so she could make an informed choice?
If you or someone you know is considering abortion, please read this before you decide.
Megan did not know the facts before she chose. You will if you continue reading.
HOW DOES AN ABORTION INCREASE MY RISK OF GETTING BREAST CANCER?
When you become pregnant your body produces a surge of the hormone estrogen. This causes
the cells in the breast to multiply rapidly in the first half of the pregnancy. In the
second half, other hormones are produced to stop this rapid growth and to direct these
cells to perform new functions such as producing milk. These last changes protect the
cells against cancer-causing substances. When you have an abortion, all of those millions
of cells are left immature and growing too fast. Without the second surge of hormones to
turn off the growth and direct the cell, they are left open and vulnerable to cancer.
IS THE RISK HIGHER FOR SOME WOMEN THAN FOR OTHERS?
Yes. The risk of breast cancer among the general population of women is now close to 12%.
That means 12 out of every 100 women in this country will get
breast cancer. For women who have never had children it is closer to 20%. And for those
who have had no children and also have one or more abortions it’s closer to 50%. If
you have a family history of breast cancer (mother, aunt, grandmother or sister) and have
an early abortion at a young age, your chances of getting breast cancer before age 45 are
increased 800%! This means that you are eight times more likely to get breast cancer than
if you didn’t have any of these factors. This was the result of research funded by
the American Cancer Institute in 1994. (1)
HAVE THERE BEEN OTHER STUDIES THAT HAVE THE SAME RESULTS?
There have been numerous studies that indicate having an abortion increases your risk of
breast cancer. Here are just a few:
1981 - A Los Angeles study found a significant 2-4 times higher incidence of breast cancer
among women under 33 years of age who aborted their first baby. (2)
1993 - A Howard University study showed that African American women over age 50 were 4.7
times more likely to get breast cancer if they had an abortion compared to women who had
not had abortions. (3)
1994 - A National Cancer Institute study of over 1,800 women in Washington State found a
50 percent increased risk among women who had abortions. The risk was more than double for
women whose first abortion took place before age 18 or over age 30. (1)
DOES IT MATTER WHAT KIND OF ABORTION YOU HAVE?
No. It doesn’t matter what kind of abortion you have. Whether you have a surgical D
& C abortion or a chemical abortion using RU-486 you still increase your chances of
breast cancer.
WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT INCREASE MY RISK?
1) How late your pregnancy is terminated
2) Your age when you terminate your pregnancy
3) Whether you terminate your first pregnancy
4) How many abortions you have
Abortion is offered as a simple solution. Abortion clinics don’t take any of the
medical information you would have to give for any other kind of surgery. Nor do they tell
you all of the risks. Yet, it is your body. You have a right to know all of the risks and
consequences of an abortion, otherwise, it isn’t a choice!*true story with only the
name changed.
(1) Daling JR, Maline KE, Voight
LF, White E, Weiss NS, (1994), Risk of Breast Cancer Among Young Women; Relationship to
Individual Abortion, J Nat’l. Cancer Inst, Vol. 86, pages 1584 - 1592.
(2) Pike MC, Henderson BE, Casagrande JT, Rosario I, Gray GE, (1981) Oral Contraceptive
Use and Early Abortion as Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Young Women Br J Cancer,
43:72-76.
(3) Laing AE, Demenais FM, Williams R, Kissling G, Chen VW, Bonney GE, (1993), Breast
Cancer Risk Factors in African American Women: The Howard University Tumor Registry
Experience Tumor Registry Experience, J Natl Med Assoc, 85: 931 - 939.
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