New Hampshire House Passes A Bill That Falsely Claims Abortion Causes Breast Cancer

[babylonsister]

This was probably posted as it's 2 days old, but I missed it.


http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/15/444995/new-hampshire-house-bill-falsely-claims-abortion-causes-breast-cancer/

New Hampshire House Passes A Bill That Falsely Claims Abortion Causes Breast Cancer

By Guest Blogger on Mar 15, 2012 at 12:00 pm


Across the nation, lawmakers are debating several different anti-abortion bills seeking to make it more difficult for women to have an abortion. One tactic is “informed consent” measures that require women to be given information before an abortion — even if they do not want that information or getting it would violate medical guidelines.

Now, the New Hampshire House has passed a bill that, along with mandating a 24-hour waiting period, requires doctors to give women “informational materials” before an abortion that aren’t even accurate, including that there is a link between abortion and breast cancer. Here’s the text of the bill:

It is scientifically undisputed that full-term pregnancy reduces a woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer. It is also undisputed that the earlier a woman has a first full-term pregnancy, the lower her risk of breast cancer becomes, because following a full-term pregnancy the breast tissue exposed to estrogen through the menstrual cycle is more mature and cancer resistant.

In fact, for each year that a woman’s first full-term pregnancy is delayed, her risk of breast cancer rises 3.5 percent. The theory that there is a direct link between abortion and breast cancer builds upon this undisputed foundation.

The problem is that a direct link between abortion and breast cancer is not only disputed, it has also been rejected by multiple health organizations. The National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists are a few of the groups who say no such link has been scientifically proven. Even the Susan G. Komen Foundation denies there is a link.

That has not stopped Republicans, including presidential candidate Rick Santorum, from peddling this theory. Nor is New Hampshire the first state where such a bill has been proposed — Kansas and Oklahoma have both considered legislation with similar provisions. But it is hard to understand how a bill can protect women’s health when it gives them incorrect information.

-Zachary Bernstein

[Aerows]

1. Legislators passing a bill

to require health care workers to lie to people. AZ legislators passing a bill to allow doctors to lie to women.

So basically, Republicans advocate lying to the American public if it justifies their ends.

Would you trust people like that to tell the truth about anything they campaign on? They already lied about the economy - they said it was about jobs, but then it because about busting unions, preventing economic recovery and pushing socially conservative legislation.

[izquierdista]

2. I believe it also causes autism and baldness.

And given the correlation between number of abortions and atmospheric CO2, can the link to global warming be far behind??

[fascisthunter]

3. Right Wing Fanatical War on Women

and American liberty...

[The Wielding Truth]

4. Our nation is infected with right wing authoritarianism. What is the best way to save our democracy?

[felix_numinous]

5. The Ignorati with Money

are ruining this country. Their filthy money is TRUMPING our Constitution and Women's Rights that we fought for decades ago!! How is it that so many lawmakers are cowing to these backward and oppressive authoritarians that want to bring back the Dark Ages???

This does make me angry, and I so want to see the streets full of women and men insisting that these laws be struck down!!

[otohara]

6. Alcohol Causes Breast Cancer

Alcohol causes unwanted pregnancies.

Another reason to legalize pot.