... 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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... abortion is performed, the safer it is for the woman. The pro-life advocates have shown studies that women who have had abortions have a 50 percent increased risk for breast cancer. This increased revealed by the studies means that women face a higher risk of dying from the effects of an abortion than of dying in childbirth. The first trimester of ... hormones of late pregnancy and produces breast milk. If the pregnancy is terminated artificially, the growth-stimulating effects of the estrogen surge help primitive and abnormal cells to grow in possible cancers. However, the pro-choice s...

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... might be caused by some unknown, third factor. In the case of abortion and breast cancer, no studies have yet established exactly how abortion and later development of breast cancer might be linked, if they are at all. For all women, the risk of breast cancer increases with age. According to the National Cancer Institute, this risk rises from about 1 in 2,525 for a woman in her thirties ... seventies, to a lifetime risk of about 1 in 8 for a woman who lives to be 95 years old. Some anti-choice organizations have worked hard to stir up fears that abortion causes breast cancer even though...

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... groups, studies have not shown that induced abortions increase the risk of breast cancer. Independent experts such as the National Breast Cancer Coalition, the American Cancer Society, and the World Health Organization have concluded that no link has been established between abortion and breast cancer. (Mads Melbye et. al., Induced Abortion and the Risk of Breast Cancer, 336[2] New Eng. J. Med. 81) In states that enforce no mandatory parental ... ...

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... heart failure, paranoia, hallucinations, delusions, loss of interest in sex, marijuana even contains some of the same, and sometimes even more of the cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco. These drugs can hurt you and those who surround you. I don't understand why would anyone go through the risk ... can occur after drinking over a relatively short period of time. But other problems such as liver disease, heart disease, certain forms of cancer, and pancreatitis often develop more gradually and may become evident only after long-term heavy drinking. Women may develop alcohol-related h...

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... becoming the American Birth Control Core later being renamed to Planned Parenthood Federation of America in 1942. Today they provide birth control and long-acting reversible contraception, emergency contraception, breast and cervical cancer screening, pregnancy testing and pregnancy options counseling, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, sex education, vasectomies, LGBT service, and abortion to millions of patients annually. There ... provide these services because of the funding they receive. The benefits they provide to people are second to none. Women from across...

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... uterus a surgical abortion is performed. (All Things Considered (NPR) 1994). Although RU 486 has been used for abortion, scientists believe that the drug may be helpful in treating endometriosis, fibroids, breast cancer, and certain non-malignant brain tumors called meningomas. (Regina Sitruck-Ware 1999) The drug is also being tested for its effectiveness to treat ovarian ... cancer, brain tumors and depression. (Chris Gearon, Reuters Health) Mifepristone can be beneficial in many ways. It can aid a young girl who has become a victim of incest or rape. Children are ... ...

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... abortion is often not an option after seven weeks. (prochoice.org/Facts/Factsheets) Methotrexate has been used in the US since 1953, when the FDA to treat certain types of cancer approved it. Since that time, medical researchers have discovered other important uses for the drug. One of the uses is to end unintended pregnancies. Although the FDA did not consider ... -term effects and complications which can arise due to abortion: almost one-quarter of all women who have abortions experience complications in future pregnancies, there is a 140% increase risk of breast cancer following an ab...

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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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... right to choose" as was contended. Late- term abortion is unsafe and very detrimental to woman's health, it expose a woman to many physical and mental problems such as risk for breast cancer, ectopic- pregnancy and post -abortion stress syndrome depression (Hadley, Janet 1990). Finally, I suggest that women should be encouraged to avoid abortion after 23 weeks of the pregnancy unless they are ... ...

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