A new report published in the International Journal of Cancer refutes the long-standing argument from anti-choice advocates that abortion contributes to -- or even causes -- breast cancer. According to the study findings, neither induced nor spontaneous abortions (also known as miscarriages) contribute to the risk of developing breast cancer.While researchers assert that full-term pregnancies resulting in birth do in fact contribute an element of protection against breast cancer -- no evidence of connection between breast cancer and induced abortion was found in the six-and-a-half year study of 267,361 European women. "Overall, the findings provide further unbiased evidence of the lack of an adverse effect of induced abortion on breast cancer risk," state researchers.
