... globe. Induced abortion can result in damage to reproductive health, also it affects a woman's mental health, and, lastly, according to new scientific research, it increases the risk of breast cancer. Because of the various negative consequences state policies of abortion laws should put more restrictions on induced abortion. Abortion is the termination of pregnancy, the ejection of the embryo or ... number of major studies. Even doctors who had previously rejected the link have now revised their views. Doctor Thomas Stuttaford, The Times newspaper's medical correspondent has recently w...

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... Post-Abortion Syndrome. Negative effects on the mother's body can also stem from using abortion methods, such as the use of RU 486, a controversial abortion pill and a increased risk of breast cancer is another effect of abortions. Other side effects of abortion, from emotional scars to a detachment from God and religion can also result. The choice to have an abortion is still ... can assist abnormal cells into becoming cancerous. The study also revealed that the number of induced abortions increases proportionally to the risk toward breast cancer. Therefore, having an abortion can harm...

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... her pregnancy becomes manifest in her body. She may experience Nausea, Fatigue, enlarged breast, weight gain, and skin changes. (The Healing Choice) A woman may develop breast cancer from an abortion. Estrogen is a known attribute to breast cancer, and estrogen levels in a woman are twenty times greater during the pregnancy. This causes breast tissue to enlarge; this is converted to milk after the pregnancy is completed. However ... , if the pregnancy is stopped due to an abortion the milk will not form and the estrogen may cause cancerous breast tissue to ... form (Frank Shen-83). "The...

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... promoted primarily by anti-abortion groups, but lack scientific support. For example, the question of a link between induced abortion and breast cancer has been investigated extensively. Major medical and scientific bodies have concluded that abortion does not cause breast cancer, although such a link continues to be promoted by anti-abortion groups. The American Psychological Association has concluded that a single abortion ... abortion to protect the life of the mother, or in response to the potential damage that may occur to the fetus during treatment. This is particularly true for c...

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... believe that low-income families would not be able to receive quality medical care without the organization. Sarah Primrose (2012) states, "Planned Parenthood assists 800,000 women with lifesaving breast exams, more than four million Americans with testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, and 2.5 million people with contraception" (p. 37). Statistics reveal that Planned Parenthood prevents 612,000 unintended ... fees charged for its services. 41% of federal funding goes to STD testing and treatment, 34% is used for contraception, 11% goes to other women's health services...

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... . State-Mandated Counseling - 17 states mandate that women be given counseling before an abortion that includes information on at least one of the following: the purported link between abortion and breast cancer (5 states), the ability of a fetus to feel pain (12 states) or long-term mental health consequences for the woman (8 states). Waiting Periods - 26 states require a woman seeking an abortion to ... ...

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... future pregnancies, and this risk doubles after just one abortion (Ertelt 2). Some women who obtain abortions will contract pelvic inflammatory disease, many will have uterine perforations, an increased risk of breast cancer, and 24 percent will experience complications in future pregnancies ("Abortion Risks" 1). Women who are under 20 are twice as likely to have medical complications, and are at a 150 percent greater ... ...

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... deaths not officially reported as such" (Sarvis 75). Some of the leading causes of death due to abortion are not just during the procedure but also afterwards. Chances of getting breast cancer are also believed to double after each abortion an expecting mother receives. According to some mothers, the worst part of having an abortion is the emotional pain that it brings ... ...

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... kill innocent human beings, anti-abortionists believe that they also damage the mental, as well as physical condition of the mother. Since, after an abortion a mother is more susceptible to breast cancer, and to periods of depression . In the case of congenital defects, the pro-life activists argue that such indications of a disease, do not guarantee that the child will be born ... ...

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... abortions kill innocent human beings, anti-abortionists believe that they also damage the mental, as well as physical condition of the mother. Since, after abortion a mother is more susceptible to breast cancer, and to periods of depression. In the case of congenital defects, the pro-life activists argue that such indications of a disease, do not guarantee that the child will be born ... ...

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