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To: LindyBill who wrote (23016)1/5/2004 6:10:54 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793708
 
With the Distortion going on in the Environmental movement, this could be true concerning the Abortion debate.

I've been aware of the link for a couple of decades now. It's related to the relatively strong link between women who have never had children and breast cancer. I don't see how this could be a big secret let alone a big distortion. If you didn't know, perhaps it's because it's not as relevant to someone like you as it is to someone like me. My mother died of breast cancer.



To: LindyBill who wrote (23016)1/5/2004 5:05:33 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793708
 
Re: The breast cancer whitewash - Mary L. Davenport, M.D.

Here is an article signed by Mary L. Davenport.

Dear sister and brother signatories of the document entitled: Birth Control Pills: Contraceptive or Abortifacient. We love you. We recognize our own sinful natures and are not insensitive to the real difficulty of admitting that one might possibly be wrong. One of us (WFC., Jr.) was for several years convinced that labeling birth control pills as abortifacient was the work of an extremist right wing medical conspiracy. Only on entering into a serious study of the matter did he become convinced of the error of his ways. We also believe that we have a God whose love for all of us is immeasurable, unqualified, and unchanging. If you are good enough for Him, you surely must qualify for our love...

Continues at: aaplog.org

It is just possible that her science may be influenced by ideological or religious factors.

Link to the NCI report: cancer.gov