Breast Cancer: Its Link to Abortion and the Birth Control Pill

by Chris Kahlenborn

Based on six years of study and a meticulous analysis of hundreds of scientific papers and other sources, Dr. Kahlenborn examines and documents the effect that abortion and hormonal contraception have... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966977734
• ISBN13: 9780966977738
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: One More Soul
• Length: 385 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Book on Breast Cancer, Which Cries Out & Demands a Better Reading of Data by the Medical & Res

Running at complete odds with political correctness, Dr. Kahlenborn courageously and magnificently demonstrates that "induced abortion and oral contraceptive use, especially at a young age, markedly increase a woman's risk for developing breast cancer" (p. 257). Personally, I can only begin to appreciate this masterpiece. To fully grasp Dr. Kahlenborn's work, one needs an exceptional head for both research methods and statistics. This book cries out and demands a better reading by the medical and research communities. Among his findings, Dr. Kahlenborn notes that "If one considers the increased risk of breast cancer and suicide due to an induced abortion, and the decreased risk of ovarian cancer with a full-term pregnancy, abortion is many times more hazardouz in the long run that carrying a child to term" (p. 260).

In Response to Review Dated January 18, 2001

I was searching for books about the link between the birth control pill and breast cancer when I came across this one. I have not read the book, but I plan to. I am a breast cancer survivor. I was diagnosed at age 34, after the birth of my son. I do not fall into any risk category. I did, however, take the pill for over ten years. Every doctor that I saw during my diagnosis & treatment asked me if I had taken the pill, and for how long. I truly believe that my cancer, which was hormone positive, was a direct result of taking the pill for so long. This reviewer, that I am citing, mentioned that the American Cancer Society was a better reference for information on the causes of breast cancer. I checked their website. The American Cancer Society says that there is, in fact, a link between breast cancer and the pill. And that there can be as much as a 60% increase in getting breast cancer if you have taken/are taking the pill. Check it out. It is important to be informed.

A must read!

Quite simply, this book is a must read for any woman using the birth control pill. It is thorough, convincing, and provides all the necessary citations, so anyone may confirm the results of the studies mentioned. 19 out of 21 studies conducted since 1980 have linked the birth control pill to breast cancer. It's time for women to hear the facts!

A book that every woman, doctor, and pharmacist should read

In an age that seems to value informed consent, one has to wonder why it has taken the medical community - and the media - so long to publicly recognize the increased risk of breast cancer by women who have abortions. The first link in the chain was discovered as early as 1957, when a study found that women who had abortions doubled their risk of developing breast cancer. By 1970, the medical community had recognized the fact that pregnancy helped lower the risk of breast cancer. A World Health Organization study of women from seven different countries, released at that time, found that women who carried pregnancies to term had lower risks of contracting the disease.Joel Brind, Ph.D., professor of biology and endocrinology and founder of the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, has led research on the abortion-breast cancer link. He has described abortion as the single most avoidable risk factor in breast cancer prevention. Not surprisingly, his early attempts to draw attention to the link were ignored. It was not until 1994, when the medical journals Lancet and the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published data confirming his research, that those outside the medical community took notice. The Breast Cancer Prevention Institute has gathered the following data: * 13 of 14 studies since 1957 show more breast cancer among American women who chose abortion (27 of 33 studies worldwide).* The only study on American women that relied entirely on medical abortion records reported a 90 percent increased risk of breast cancer among women who had chosen abortion.* Planned Parenthood's abortion experts admit that young women who terminate their first pregnancy are more likely to develop breast cancer than those who carry their first pregnancy to term.* A woman who is pregnant when diagnosed with breast cancer, or who becomes pregnant after breast cancer, is much more likely to be cured if she delivers the baby rather than has an abortion.* The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has acknowledged the validity of Brind's 1996 finding that women who abort their babies are at 30 percent greater risk of developing breast cancer.Concerns about contraceptive hormones' link to breast cancer were first raised back in 1972, when a series of animal research studies demonstrated a connection.After attending a 1993 conference, Chris Kahlenborn, M.D., picked up on Brind's research in an attempt to disprove the claim of a contraceptive-breast cancer link. Kahlenborn first discovered, five years into his study, that it was impossible to deny the link between abortion and breast cancer. He then found that women who had taken the oral contraceptive pill prior to the birth of their first child were at a nearly 40 percent increased risk of developing breast cancer. Those who had taken the pill for four or more years prior to the birth of their first child saw their risk increase to 72 percent. And when abortion was factored in, the risk was even greater. Th