*Animal studies have suggested that [[estrogen]] secreted early in pregnancy stimulates the multiplication of immature cells in the breast and that these cells do not mature fully until the end of pregnancy. Theoretically, then, when a woman's pregnancy is cut short through induced abortion, a lot of immature cells remain in the breast that are vulnerable to cancer-causing influences. [http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/FivePrecepts/AbortionBreastCancer.html] | *Animal studies have suggested that [[estrogen]] secreted early in pregnancy stimulates the multiplication of immature cells in the breast and that these cells do not mature fully until the end of pregnancy. Theoretically, then, when a woman's pregnancy is cut short through induced abortion, a lot of immature cells remain in the breast that are vulnerable to cancer-causing influences. [http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/FivePrecepts/AbortionBreastCancer.html] |