Illinois
Bill,
'Reproductive
and Health Access Act,' Would Increase Breast
Cancer, Premature Birth Rates, Reports Coalition on Abortion/Breast
Cancer
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer announced today its opposition
to the euphemistically-named Illinois bill, "Reproductive
and
Health Access Act," HB 6205. The women's group has published a position
paper for legislators and interested citizens.
"Contrary to what the bill's title says, it will significantly damage
the health of women and their children in subsequent pregnancies,"
declared Karen Malec, president of the Coalition. "It is indisputable
that an expansion of abortion in Illinois will lead to increased rates
of breast cancer and premature births.
"Medical texts report that increased childbearing, starting at a
younger age, and increased breastfeeding sharply reduce breast cancer
risk. Childbearing helps protect women from breast cancer. Abortion
results in the loss of that protective effect. Doctors are ethically
obligated to inform pregnant women that abortion will leave them with a
higher breast cancer risk than would childbearing.
"Our position
paper
shows that the abortion-premature birth link is settled science -- with
three systematic reviews and meta-analyses last year having confirmed
it and the Institute of Medicine's recognition of it. Premature birth
increases the risks of neonatal death, mental retardation, cerebral
palsy, epilepsy and difficulties walking, seeing and hearing.
"The bill requires public schools to teach comprehensive sex education
which often involves informing students about oral contraceptives. Our position
paper
shows that oral contraceptives were linked to a four-fold increased
risk of the deadly triple-negative breast cancer. The World Health
Organization has listed combined oral contraceptives as a Group
1 carcinogen
-- meaning carcinogenic to humans. Oral contraceptives are on the same
list as asbestos, tobacco, benzene, arsenic, cadmium and combined
hormone replacement therapy. Teachers who push these drugs will be
giving some students a death sentence.
"It is deplorable that abortion enthusiasts in government and the
abortion industry would ignore more than a half-century of scientific
evidence and inflict catastrophic injuries and deaths upon Americans.
Terrorists have not wreaked such immense destruction on this country,"
asserted Mrs. Malec.
Contact: Karen Malec
Source:
Coalition
on
Abortion/Breast Cancer
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Date:
March
10, 2010
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