Red States Make Docs Advise Women Wrongly that Cancer, Abortion Are Linked

[BurtWorm]

http://www.salon.com/mwt/wire/2004/11/10/abortion_cancer/print.html

Women wrongly warned cancer, abortion tied


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By Laura Meckler



Nov. 10, 2004 | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Women seeking abortions in Mississippi must first sign a form indicating they've been told abortion can increase their risk of breast cancer. They aren't told that scientific reviews have concluded there is no such risk.

Similar information suggesting a cancer link is given to women considering abortion in Texas, Louisiana and Kansas, and legislation to require such notification has been introduced in 14 other states.

Abortion opponents, who are pushing these measures, say they are simply giving women information to consider. But abortion rights supporters see it much differently.

"In my experience, this inaccurate information is going to dissuade few women from going ahead and having the abortion," said Dr. Vanessa Cullins, vice president for medical affairs at Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "What it does do is put a false guilt trip and fear trip on that woman."

More than a year ago, a panel of scientists convened by the National Cancer Institute reviewed available data and concluded there is no link. A scientific review in the Lancet, a British medical journal, came to the same conclusion, questioning the methodology in a few studies that have suggested a link. ...

[hlthe2b]

1. Where the hell is the AMA on this shit...

Physicians? I wonder how you like having your hippocratic oath being so coopted by politiicans? Pretty soon, you will only be a technician for the Rw POLITICIANS and the corporate insurance administrators.

[Skidmore]

4. AMA is too busy lobbying for torte reform

right now to do anything meaningful for medicine.

[tg]

8. Less sugar, reduced carbs?

Sorry.

[Mountainman]

2. Women need to have a new woman's movement or get run over by the right

We cannot expect justice or help out of this right wing government. We must begin to work outside the goverment. We did it before and we should do it again.

[lovedems]

3. When I was in college one of my liberal female professors had a newspaper

article taped to the outside of her door that stated, "Women who don't give birth by the age of 30 increase their chances of ovarian cancer". She had it out there to show how that was used as a scare tactic against women. "Hurry up and get married and have babies or YOU will get cancer!"

This kind of shit should be illegal!

[BurtWorm]

5. Unfortuntely, the laws are written in some places by people who don't give

a shit for truth.

[lovedems]

7. Yeah, like the current house of representatives

I am sure in the next 4 years they will even stray farther from the truth. Faith based laws, faith based science, faith based law enforcement. Who needs the truth?

[Gloria]

6. As I posted on a similar thread, El Paso TV is showing an ad with

a woman who says she had an abortion at 17 saying she now has breast cancer! It's one of those soft and fuzzy ads....I haven't gotten the name of the group yet that sponsors it............has a nice fuzzy name, though. Don't they all???????????

[BurtWorm]

9. Can you get their name so we can look into them?

[kimchi]

10. How is this legal?

So we can just make shit up? Let's do a study on DU--bet we can prove that voting Republican makes you stupid!

[BurtWorm]

11. Whoever writes the laws gets to say what's legal.

Even if they're demonstrably boneheads.

[RaleighNCDUer]

15. Yeah, but that wouldn't be making shit up. eom

[Unstuck In Time]

12. Lies = moral values.

Moral values! Moral values! Moral values!

As long as you repeat the moral values chant, you can lie, cheat and steal to your heart's content.

And if that doesn't work, you can just dismiss all scientific findings by saying you "don't believe" in science.

After all, it's your right to embrace all manner of quackery, faulty logic and misinformation as long as you say "It's my religion."

America! It's a Red State now!

[Winamericaback]

13. Not New

This topic is not new. Fundies have been doing that for years.
Their major monetary supporter is the owner of Curves the womens gym.
Just stay away from business that support this crap.

[BurtWorm]

14. kick