Abortion and Cancer Risk

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  • The simple fact is that the abstract I cited showed that women who have their babies have less of a chance of cancer than women who abort their children, although, women who abort their children have less of a risk of cancer than women who never got pregnant in the first place.

    Many of you were to quick to judgment. Read the article first before you make stupid claims about aborting as many kids as possible to save yourself from cancer. Maybe, instead you should have your babies because then you'd have even less of a risk.

    What I said stands: women who have abortions run a higher risk of certain types of cancer than women who have their children.

    Perhaps they should do a study to determine how many abortions are equal to a full term pregnancy in risk prevention. Or maybe they could mine this data and find out.

    As I mentioned earlier it doesn't matter. This is an issue for the patient and their doctor, not for your perverse political agenda. And the website you mentioned distorts the findings in studies it references. Science from a political website should be taken with a grain of salt...not that you appreciate science to begin with.
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Ok, let's look at the source Elliot Institute

    Hey check this

    From their FAQ

    But if scientists really can end all disease and make the children of future generations better, shouldn't we embrace the chance to create a utopia here on this earth instead of hoping in an uncertain after-life?

    The view that all human life is sacred tells us that human beings are inherently valuable, not for what they can do, but simply for what they are. In Judeo-Christian heritage, the inherent value of human life lies in the belief that human beings are made in the image and likeness of God. To mistreat human life, therefore, is to mock the image and likeness of God.

    Good, non-bias source Whore.
    http://www.elliotinstitute.org/faq.htm
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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Lead author David Reardon's only apparent vocation is running an anti-abortion propaganda mill out of Illinois (The Elliot Institute, http://www.afterabortion.org) since 1988, although he does have a Ph.D in Social Sciences. The other co-authors include a psychiatrist and a Family Relations Ph.D, both of whom specialize in exposing the "dangers" of abortion; a graduate student in psychology; and a medical doctor. The latter's affiliation was cited as the "John Bosco Institute." However, an Internet search revealed that this lofty-sounding place is actually the St. John Bosco Catechital Institute, a Catholic divinity school. Not only does such an affiliation have zero relevance to medical research, the omission of key words indicates a deliberate attempt to cloak its real nature.

    At any rate, the real danger in research articles such as these is the potential for misinterpretation by the media and misuse by anti-choice groups. Although the study data may be accurate by itself, it's the conclusions leapt to that are the problem. Reardon's Elliot Institute is notorious for publishing research that suggests abortion is bad for women—but this conclusion does not flow from the data because of the same biased assumption that "correlation equals causation".

    http://www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org/articles/cmaj-study.shtml
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Lead author David Reardon's only apparent vocation is running an anti-abortion propaganda mill out of Illinois (The Elliot Institute, http://www.afterabortion.org) since 1988, although he does have a Ph.D in Social Sciences. The other co-authors include a psychiatrist and a Family Relations Ph.D, both of whom specialize in exposing the "dangers" of abortion; a graduate student in psychology; and a medical doctor. The latter's affiliation was cited as the "John Bosco Institute." However, an Internet search revealed that this lofty-sounding place is actually the St. John Bosco Catechital Institute, a Catholic divinity school. Not only does such an affiliation have zero relevance to medical research, the omission of key words indicates a deliberate attempt to cloak its real nature.

    At any rate, the real danger in research articles such as these is the potential for misinterpretation by the media and misuse by anti-choice groups. Although the study data may be accurate by itself, it's the conclusions leapt to that are the problem. Reardon's Elliot Institute is notorious for publishing research that suggests abortion is bad for women—but this conclusion does not flow from the data because of the same biased assumption that "correlation equals causation".

    http://www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org/articles/cmaj-study.shtml

    If I see some arrogant asshole use the term anti-choice 1 more time I may snap.
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  • miller8966miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    As I mentioned earlier it doesn't matter. This is an issue for the patient and their doctor, not for your perverse political agenda. And the website you mentioned distorts the findings in studies it references. Science from a political website should be taken with a grain of salt...not that you appreciate science to begin with.

    LOL at your attack. Because liberals on this board dont advocate an aegnda with their posts.

    And why doesn't he appreciate science? Where is the facts that corporate whroe doesnt appreciate science....or are you just lying.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    I don't have to look any further than down the street.

    Anyhow, while I do believe it, I was really only messing around, the same way Hippiemom was, which is the message I replied to. ;)

    Sorry! Should have vented my spleen in the appropriate direction! There's something about some people around here that just make me lose my sense of humor completely!!
    NOPE!!!

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  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    If I see some arrogant asshole use the term anti-choice 1 more time I may snap.
    I'll start referring to the other side by whichever term they'd like just as soon as they afford me the same respect and I stop seeing the term "pro-abortion."
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Coalition Members

    Elliot Institute
    Life Issues Institute
    Society of Catholic Social Scientists
    http://www.elliotinstitute.org/coalition.htm
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  • miller8966miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    hippiemom wrote:
    I'll start referring to the other side by whichever term they'd like just as soon as they afford me the same respect and I stop seeing the term "pro-abortion."

    how about baby killers?

    i kid
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  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    miller8966 wrote:
    And why doesn't he appreciate science? Where is the facts that corporate whroe doesnt appreciate science....or are you just lying.
    I don't know why he doesn't appreciate science, you'd have to ask him. But after reading his nonsense for years, I know that he doesn't.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • miller8966miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    hippiemom wrote:
    I don't know why he doesn't appreciate science, you'd have to ask him. But after reading his nonsense for years, I know that he doesn't.

    What are the instances that corporate doesnt appreciate science though.

    You cant make a baseless claim against someone on the board without facts to support it.
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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Reardon has been criticized for potential bias in his studies. Barbara Major, of the University of Santa Barbara's department of psychology, criticizes Reardon for publicly stating desired political outcomes from his research, and for comparing women who have had an abortion to women who completed their pregnancies normally. Major and other critics assert that a more appropriate comparison would be to women who wished to abort their pregnancy but chose not to or were not allowed to do so.[3]


    Credentials
    Reardon acquired a Ph.D. in biomedical ethics from Pacific Western University, an unaccredited higher education institution considered by many to be a diploma mill.[4] [5]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reardon
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    hippiemom wrote:
    I'll start referring to the other side by whichever term they'd like just as soon as they afford me the same respect and I stop seeing the term "pro-abortion."

    Done. You are now officially labeled 'Baby Killer Enabler'.

    I know what you want to be called.
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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Credentials
    Reardon acquired a Ph.D. in biomedical ethics from Pacific Western University, an unaccredited higher education institution considered by many to be a diploma mill.[4] [5]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reardon

    Pacific Western University (PWU) is a distance learning university located in San Diego, California. PWU is not accredited[1][2] by any recognised accreditation body. As such, its degrees may not be acceptable to employers or other institutions, and use of degree titles may be restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions.

    Pacific Western University was established in February 1977. Currently, it offers Associate, Bachelor, and Master degrees in Business Administration, General Studies, Public Administration, and Leadership Management.

    Pacific Western University operated in the Brentwood, California suburb of Los Angeles for its first twenty years, and then moved to Westwood, California where it remained until relocating to San Diego, California in January 2006.

    According to Inside Higher Education, the school is considering changing its name to distance itself from past controversies[3].


    Pacific Western University in Hawaii
    The present Pacific Western University in California "should not be confused with"[4], the similarly-named and now defunct Pacific Western University in Hawaii, which was shut down following an action by the Hawaii state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA)[5], although Bears' Guide asserts "Same Ownership as Pacific Western University (Hawaii), which is run by the same people from the same building."[6]. This is supported by Inside Higher Education[3].
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Western_University
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  • Just like the anti-choice Christian lunatics to try and link abortion and cancer. Next year it I bet they link abortion with the increase of gay ministers.
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    Rushlimbo wrote:
    Just like the anti-choice Christian lunatics to try and link abortion and cancer. Next year it I bet they link abortion with the increase of gay ministers.

    I've only ever linked abortion to a 50% mortality rate. 2 go into the office, only 1 comes out alive.
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  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    miller8966 wrote:
    What are the instances that corporate doesnt appreciate science though.

    You cant make a baseless claim against someone on the board without facts to support it.
    Sure I can. I just did. :D

    I'm not going to go through all his posts ... and besides, most of them aren't even here anymore. I've developed an opinion of him over a long period of time, as I'm sure he has of me.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Well, dudes not even a real scientist and his organization is motivated and funded by religious organizations. I'd say the research is bunk.
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Well, dudes not even a real scientist and his organization is motivated and funded by religious organizations. I'd say the research is bunk.

    Certainly it would make the data compromised...but no matter the agenda or the funding, the research still has the potential to be accurate. But, based on everything I read here, that looks like a very slim chance.

    And to be honest, it doesn't matter to me. Even if it was true, an increased chance of getting cancer after having an abortion wouldn't come close to being at the top of my list of why abortions should be illegal.
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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Certainly it would make the data compromised...but no matter the agenda or the funding, the research still has the potential to be accurate. But, based on everything I read here, that looks like a very slim chance.

    And to be honest, it doesn't matter to me. Even if it was true, an increased chance of getting cancer after having an abortion wouldn't come close to being at the top of my list of why abortions should be illegal.

    Well, I've learned to investigate research. There are so many bunk headlines in the news. You really gotta investigate and if there is potential for inaccuracy then I can't really trust it.

    If, this research was funded by religious groups and the findings were opposite, I might be more inclined to believe it. But it still needs corroboration and I don't see any research backing this up. I doubt it was ever released for peer review before being published and that's just deceitful.

    Nope, I don't trust it. Put it with the fashion gene article.
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  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    Done. You are now officially labeled 'Baby Killer Enabler'.

    I know what you want to be called.
    I was hoping for something with a little more flair, to be honest. But I'm sort of out of it today and I'm drawing a blank. That one is just a little ... I dunno ... blah ... but I do thank you for aiming to please :)
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    hippiemom wrote:
    I was hoping for something with a little more flair, to be honest. But I'm sort of out of it today and I'm drawing a blank. That one is just a little ... I dunno ... blah ... but I do thank you for aiming to please :)

    Pro-population control?

    Anti-fruit of the loin?

    Pro-genocide as a means of birth control?

    Hmmm, I don't like any of those. I'm not very creative today, sorry.
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  • hippiemom wrote:
    I don't agree that abortion is killing someone, but I'm not actually suggesting women get MORE abortions as a cancer-prevention method. I should have stuck a smilie in there to make that perfectly clear.
    abortion=murder.......

    period...



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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Pro-Mandate
    Pro-Dictatorship
    Pro-Bigotry
    Pro-Fascism
    Anti-Choice
    Anti-Freedom
    Anti-Reason
    Anti-Logic
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  • A fetus is not a human.
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Pro-Mandate
    Pro-Dictatorship
    Pro-Bigotry
    Pro-Fascism
    Anti-Choice
    Anti-Freedom
    Anti-Reason
    Anti-Logic

    You trying to label anti-abortion people all of those things? The only one that makes any sense is Anti-choice and that is the dumbest statement of all.
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  • flywallyflyflywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    Oh, boy, an abortion thread.
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    You trying to label anti-abortion people all of those things? The only one that makes any sense is Anti-choice and that is the dumbest statement of all.

    At least I'm nice about it.

    I'm not using terms like "Death" and "Genocide"
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  • chopitdownchopitdown Posts: 2,222
    You trying to label anti-abortion people all of those things? The only one that makes any sense is Anti-choice and that is the dumbest statement of all.

    wouldn't it technically be limited choice? We are all pro choice...we just happen to think abortion shouldn't be one of the choices.
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    Ahnimus wrote:
    At least I'm nice about it.

    I'm not using terms like "Death" and "Genocide"

    Not sure if you noticed that my reply was for Hippiemom and it was in jest.
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