The National Breast Cancer Coalition does not endorse the view that induced abortions increase the risk of breast cancer.<ref>http://www.natlbcc.org/bin/index.asp?strid=364&depid=9</ref> Nor do the American Cancer Society, the US National Cancer Institute <ref>http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_6x_Can_Having_an_Abortion_Cause_or_Contribute_to_Breast_Cancer.asp</ref> and the World Health Organisation<ref>http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs240/en/index.html</ref> endorse this view. This would seem to be borne out by the experience of the Republic of Ireland, where abortion is illegal, and yet it has one of the highest rates of both breast cancer incidence and mortality in the EU. <ref> http://www.allirelandnci.org/pdf/publications/Stat-Report-1998-2000/4a.pdf </ref> | The National Breast Cancer Coalition does not endorse the view that induced abortions increase the risk of breast cancer.<ref>http://www.natlbcc.org/bin/index.asp?strid=364&depid=9</ref> Nor do the American Cancer Society, the US National Cancer Institute <ref>http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_6x_Can_Having_an_Abortion_Cause_or_Contribute_to_Breast_Cancer.asp</ref> and the World Health Organisation<ref>http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs240/en/index.html</ref> endorse this view. This would seem to be borne out by the experience of the Republic of Ireland, where abortion is illegal, and yet it has one of the highest rates of both breast cancer incidence and mortality in the EU. <ref> http://www.allirelandnci.org/pdf/publications/Stat-Report-1998-2000/4a.pdf </ref> |