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# Abortion advocates are pro-choice.<ref>For example, http://www.prochoice.org/</ref> IN FACT, [[abortion]] advocates oppose [[informed consent]] about the long-term harm from [[abortion]].<ref>http://www.afterabortion.info/PAR/V2/n2/INCONSNT.htm</ref>

# Abortion advocates are pro-choice.<ref>For example, http://www.prochoice.org/</ref> IN FACT, [[abortion]] advocates oppose [[informed consent]] about the long-term harm from [[abortion]].<ref>http://www.afterabortion.info/PAR/V2/n2/INCONSNT.htm</ref>

# [[Abortion]] is pro-women.  IN FACT, [[abortion]] advocates oppose regulations that require safer facilities<ref>[[Essay:Rebuttal to LA Times Abortion Article]]</ref> and hospital admitting privileges for emergencies.<ref>An abortion clinic, led by the euphemistically named national "Center for Reproductive Rights," unsuccessfully sued to invalidate a [[Missouri]] law requiring the [[abortion]]ist to have hospital admitting privileges within 30 miles to handle post-abortion emergencies.  [http://www.reproductiverights.org/pdf/pdf_crt.MO.Complaint.pdf]</ref>

# [[Abortion]] is pro-women.  IN FACT, [[abortion]] advocates oppose regulations that require safer facilities<ref>[[Essay:Rebuttal to LA Times Abortion Article]]</ref> and hospital admitting privileges for emergencies.<ref>An abortion clinic, led by the euphemistically named national "Center for Reproductive Rights," unsuccessfully sued to invalidate a [[Missouri]] law requiring the [[abortion]]ist to have hospital admitting privileges within 30 miles to handle post-abortion emergencies.  [http://www.reproductiverights.org/pdf/pdf_crt.MO.Complaint.pdf]</ref>

# [[Abortion]] saves money.<ref>"[A]bortion-rights supporters tempt black women into abortion by suggesting they can’t afford to raise the child." [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22689931/].</ref>  IN FACT, most people make far more money than they spend, and eliminating a life is very costly [[economic]]ally.<ref>As of 2005, the average [[American]] household had a net worth in excess of $400,000, which does not even include taxes paid. [http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/02/news/economy/savings/index.htm]</ref>

# [[Abortion]] saves money.<ref>"[A]bortion-rights supporters tempt black women into abortion by suggesting they can’t afford to raise the child." [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22689931/].</ref>  IN FACT, most people make far more money than they spend, and eliminating a life is very costly [[economic]]ally.<ref>As of 2005, the average [[American]] household had a net worth in excess of $400,000, which does not even include taxes paid. [https://money.cnn.com/2005/08/02/news/economy/savings/index.htm]</ref>

# [[Abortion]] does not cause infertility.<ref>http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_infe.htm</ref><ref>http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/abortion/AN00633</ref> IN FACT, the [[abortion]] operation sometimes directly causes infertility;<ref>http://www.abortionincanada.ca/health/physical_effects.html</ref> also [[fertility]] declines sharply with age and it is more difficult for a women to conceive at a future time,<ref>[http://www.babycenter.com/0_chart-the-effect-of-age-on-fertility_6155.bc By age 30 a woman's fertility has fallen by nearly 40%]</ref> and [[abortion]] has led to 25% of girls (over 50% of sexually active girls) having sexually transmitted diseases that cause infertility.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_he_me/teen_stds</ref><ref>"Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, which can damage a woman's reproductive organs. Even though symptoms of chlamydia are usually mild or absent, serious complications that cause irreversible damage, including infertility, can occur 'silently' before a woman ever recognizes a problem." [http://www.cdc.gov/std/Chlamydia/STDFact-Chlamydia.htm]</ref>  

# [[Abortion]] does not cause infertility.<ref>http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_infe.htm</ref><ref>http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/abortion/AN00633</ref> IN FACT, the [[abortion]] operation sometimes directly causes infertility;<ref>http://www.abortionincanada.ca/health/physical_effects.html</ref> also [[fertility]] declines sharply with age and it is more difficult for a women to conceive at a future time,<ref>[http://www.babycenter.com/0_chart-the-effect-of-age-on-fertility_6155.bc By age 30 a woman's fertility has fallen by nearly 40%]</ref> and [[abortion]] has led to 25% of girls (over 50% of sexually active girls) having sexually transmitted diseases that cause infertility.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_he_me/teen_stds</ref><ref>"Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, which can damage a woman's reproductive organs. Even though symptoms of chlamydia are usually mild or absent, serious complications that cause irreversible damage, including infertility, can occur 'silently' before a woman ever recognizes a problem." [http://www.cdc.gov/std/Chlamydia/STDFact-Chlamydia.htm]</ref>  

# The National Cancer Institute says [[abortion]] does not cause [[breast cancer]].<ref>http://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion/myths/abortion_cancer.html</ref> IN FACT, that was only a 3-day flawed workshop with a pre-ordained political conclusion.<ref>http://www.lifeissues.org/AbortionBreastcancer/minorityreport.html</ref>

# The National Cancer Institute says [[abortion]] does not cause [[breast cancer]].<ref>http://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion/myths/abortion_cancer.html</ref> IN FACT, that was only a 3-day flawed workshop with a pre-ordained political conclusion.<ref>http://www.lifeissues.org/AbortionBreastcancer/minorityreport.html</ref>

# The [[Harvard abortion study]] disproved harm from [[abortion]].  IN FACT, the study showed a sharp increase in the deadly progesterone receptor-negative (PR-) breast cancer.<ref>[[Harvard abortion study]] (describing the sharp increase and also noting deceptive aspects of the reporting on the study)</ref>

# The [[Harvard abortion study]] disproved harm from [[abortion]].  IN FACT, the study showed a sharp increase in the deadly progesterone receptor-negative (PR-) breast cancer.<ref>[[Harvard abortion study]] (describing the sharp increase and also noting deceptive aspects of the reporting on the study)</ref>

# The Lancet abortion article disproved harm from [[abortion]].  IN FACT, the Lancet study showed that 33 out of 39 large studies of breast cancer patients had an increased risk of breast cancer from abortion beyond the effect of avoiding a pregnancy.<ref>http://www.jpands.org/vol10no1/aschlafly.pdf (p. 12)</ref><ref>Dr. Joel Brind observed that "The Lancet article excluded data from 15 published studies that demonstrated an average 80 percent increased risk of breast cancer in women who had had an abortion." [http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200505/CUL20050516a.html]</ref>

# The Lancet abortion article disproved harm from [[abortion]].  IN FACT, the Lancet study showed that 33 out of 39 large studies of breast cancer patients had an increased risk of breast cancer from abortion beyond the effect of avoiding a pregnancy.<ref>http://www.jpands.org/vol10no1/aschlafly.pdf (p. 12)</ref><ref>Dr. Joel Brind observed that "The Lancet article excluded data from 15 published studies that demonstrated an average 80 percent increased risk of breast cancer in women who had had an abortion." [https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200505/CUL20050516a.html]</ref>

# Denying that childbirth is healthy.  IN FACT, all scientists and studies agree that childbirth is highly preventive of cancer in women, and [[abortion]] destroys that benefit.<ref>"Compared with women who gave birth before the age of 22, those who had their first child in their thirties were 63 per cent more likely to develop breast cancer before the menopause, and 35 per cent more likely to develop the disease afterwards."

# Denying that childbirth is healthy.  IN FACT, all scientists and studies agree that childbirth is highly preventive of cancer in women, and [[abortion]] destroys that benefit.<ref>"Compared with women who gave birth before the age of 22, those who had their first child in their thirties were 63 per cent more likely to develop breast cancer before the menopause, and 35 per cent more likely to develop the disease afterwards."

Why?  New Scientist reported that "Changes to breast cells in the third trimester of pregnancy are thought to protect the breasts from cancer." [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1917-delaying-childbirth-increases-breast-cancer-risk.html]</ref>

Why?  New Scientist reported that "Changes to breast cells in the third trimester of pregnancy are thought to protect the breasts from cancer." [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1917-delaying-childbirth-increases-breast-cancer-risk.html]</ref>

# Relying on biased media accounts of abortion studies.  IN FACT, [[liberal]] media often distort the actual scientific findings.<ref>For example, [[Wikipedia]] deceptively misstates the conclusion of the Lancet article (Beral ''et al.'') by falsely claiming that it "concluded that [[abortion]] does 'not increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer.'" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion-breast_cancer_hypothesis] The Lancet article made no such conclusion about a decision to have an [[abortion]], which does increase the woman's risk of breast cancer; rather, the Lancet article limited its conclusion to a claim about the overall effect of a ''pregnancy'' that terminates early.</ref>

# Relying on biased media accounts of abortion studies.  IN FACT, [[liberal]] media often distort the actual scientific findings.<ref>For example, [[Wikipedia]] deceptively misstates the conclusion of the Lancet article (Beral ''et al.'') by falsely claiming that it "concluded that [[abortion]] does 'not increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer.'" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion-breast_cancer_hypothesis] The Lancet article made no such conclusion about a decision to have an [[abortion]], which does increase the woman's risk of breast cancer; rather, the Lancet article limited its conclusion to a claim about the overall effect of a ''pregnancy'' that terminates early.</ref>

# Treating a small study that denies harm as equivalent to a large study that indicates harm.  IN FACT, studies showing harm are larger than those that deny it.

# Treating a small study that denies harm as equivalent to a large study that indicates harm.  IN FACT, studies showing harm are larger than those that deny it.

# [[Abortion]]ists deny covering up child abuse.  IN FACT, [[abortion]]ists refuse to allow independent verification of the age of their girls operated on.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11164849/</ref>

# [[Abortion]]ists deny covering up child abuse.  IN FACT, [[abortion]]ists refuse to allow independent verification of the age of their girls operated on.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11164849/</ref>