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:all factors -- physician, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman's age -- relevant to the well-being of the patient

:all factors -- physician, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman's age -- relevant to the well-being of the patient

The irony is that an abortion often ''harms'' the health of the mother, by increasing her risk for breast cancer and her risk for premature birth with a future child.<ref>Angela Lanfranchi, M.D., F.A.C.S, “The breast physiology and the epidemiology of the abortion breast cancer link,” 12 Imago Hominis, No. 3, 228 (2005), http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/Lanfranchi060201.pdf ;

The salient facts are thus: wear a condom. Thanks in advance, the pope.

Karen Malec, “The Abortion-Breast Cancer Link: How Politics Trumped Science and Informed Consent,” 8 J. Am. Physicians & Surgeons 41 (Summer 2003), http://www.jpands.org/vol8no2/malec.pdf ; Brent Rooney and Byron C. Calhoun, “Induced Abortion and Risk of Later Premature Births,” 8 J. Am. Physicians & Surgeons 46 (Summer 2003), http://www.jpands.org/vol8no2/rooney.pdf</ref>  Childbirth, which abortion prevents, is generally beneficial to the health of the mother.

The entire case was based on a falsehood. Sandra Cano, the "Doe" in this case, testified before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary that she "did not seek an abortion" and actually had "to flee to Oklahoma to avoid the pressure being applied to have the abortion scheduled for [her] by [her] attorney."<ref>Testimony of Sandra Cano before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (June 23, 2005), http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=1553&wit_id=4393 (viewed May 12, 2006).</ref>

The entire case was based on a falsehood. Sandra Cano, the "Doe" in this case, testified before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary that she "did not seek an abortion" and actually had "to flee to Oklahoma to avoid the pressure being applied to have the abortion scheduled for [her] by [her] attorney."<ref>Testimony of Sandra Cano before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (June 23, 2005), http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=1553&wit_id=4393 (viewed May 12, 2006).</ref>