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Originally Posted by dani99
Not to mention abortions can be risky and it is said that there is a higher risk of breast cancer in women who get abortions. Notice how I said "it is said", because I don't fully know how the two are linked, but I'm going on based on what I've heard and read on abortions..
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Well,
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The pregnancy-associated mortality rate among women who delivered live neonates was 8.8 deaths per 100,000 live births. The mortality rate related to induced abortion was 0.6 deaths per 100,000 abortions.
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-- Raymond EG, Grimes DA.
In case you don't understand, that means having a legal abortion (as opposed to back alley ones) is WAY safer than having a child.
As to whether abortion increases the chance of getting breast cancer,
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The abortion–breast cancer hypothesis has been the subject of extensive scientific inquiry, and the scientific community has concluded that abortion does not cause breast cancer. This consensus is supported by major medical bodies,including the World Health Organization, the U.S. National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
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In other words, at this point the consensus among the scientific community (you know, the RESEARCHERS) is that abortion does not cause breast cancer.