| − | The word '''abortion,''' in connection with pregnancy, can be defined as "Termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival."<ref>American Heritage Dictionary definition, [http://www.bartleby.com/61/7/A0020700.html abortion]</ref> The word commonly refers to ''induced'' abortion; that is, the intentional performance of a procedure which causes the death of a living organism. The father of medicine, [[Hippocrates]], expressly prohibited abortion in his Oath based on ethics long before Christianity. Today abortion is a billion-dollar industry<ref>http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/03/09/fetal.tissue/index.html</ref><ref>http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=8247</ref> in the United States and Western Europe except for Ireland, Malta, Poland and Portugal, where it is generally illegal.
| + | '''Abortion''' is the induced termination of a pregnancy.<ref>American Heritage Dictionary definition, [http://www.bartleby.com/61/7/A0020700.html abortion]</ref> The father of medicine, [[Hippocrates]], expressly prohibited abortion in his ethical Oath long before Christianity. Today abortion is a billion-dollar industry<ref>http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/03/09/fetal.tissue/index.html</ref><ref>http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=8247</ref> in the United States and Western Europe except for Ireland, Malta, Poland and Portugal, where it is generally illegal. |
| − | The majority of scientific studies have shown that abortion causes an increase in breast cancer, including 16 out of 17 statistically significant studies.<ref>http://www.jpands.org/vol8no2/malec.pdf</ref> | + | The vast majority of scientific studies have shown that abortion causes an increase in breast cancer, including 16 out of 17 statistically significant studies.<ref>http://www.jpands.org/vol8no2/malec.pdf</ref> Studies showing that abortion increases breast cancer predate the political controversy.<ref>http://www.bcpinstitute.org/brochure.htm</ref> It is undisputed that carrying a pregnancy to birth helps protect against breast cancer, thus at a minimum the early termination pregnancy must increase the relative risk of cancer for the mother. Yet the increase risk is typically not disclosed. |
| | In a peer-reviewed medical journal, Karen Malec observed that:<ref>''Id.''</ref> | | In a peer-reviewed medical journal, Karen Malec observed that:<ref>''Id.''</ref> |