Groups
Request Congressional Investigation of National Cancer Institute's
Misinformation on Breast Cancer Risks of Abortion, Oral Contraceptives
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer announced today it is sending a
letter,
signed by doctors and pro-family organizations, to President Obama and
the leaders of Congress calling for an investigation of the U.S.
National Cancer Institute. It puts political leaders on notice of a
discrepancy between what the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) says
about the breast cancer risks of abortion and oral contraceptives (OCs)
- "the pill" - and what Louise Brinton, the NCI's Chief of the Hormonal
and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, has reported in her research. The
letter asks Congress to investigate the NCI's failure to issue timely
warnings about breast cancer risks and asks political leaders to remove
public funding for abortion from all legislation being considered by
this Congress.
"As a scientist representing the official policy of the NCI, Brinton
says there is no abortion-breast cancer (ABC) link," explained
Professor Joel Brind of Baruch College, City University of New York,
"While as a scientist publishing her findings in a peer-reviewed
medical journal, she says there is a significant ABC link. Both of
these points of view rely on data that is up to 20 years old, yet both
points of view have been recently--within the last few
months---confirmed publicly (on the NCI website and in the Dolle study,
respectively. Will the real Louise Brinton please stand up? Since this
direct contradiction came to light in the public eye, she appears to
have been hiding under her desk."
The letter tells how the NCI conned women with its 2003 workshop,
"Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer." Brinton was the chief
organizer of that workshop.
"The NCI puts politics ahead of women's lives," said Karen Malec,
president of the Coalition. "That's why we're putting both parties on
notice of the NCI's misconduct. If they decide to watch women die,
instead of cleaning house when we have prima facie evidence of a
cover-up, then both parties will have to answer to angry women."
Brinton was a co-author in a 2009 study conducted by Janet Daling's
team at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and led by Jessica
Dolle. The Coalition previously reported the study's findings in a press
release
dated January 6, 2010. The Coalition features a YouTube video
discussing researchers' findings. The Coalition published a January 19,
2010 newsletter
explaining why co-author Kathleen Malone's claim about the study,
"There are no new findings related to induced abortion..." is a lie. [2]
Researchers unequivocally stated their findings "were consistent with
the effects observed in previous studies on younger women. Specifically
... induced abortion and oral contraceptive use were associated with an
increased risk of breast cancer."
Contact: Karen Malec
Source:
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer
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January 25, 2010
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