Breast Cancer Risk
Regarding Ages 18 – 30: Although highest risks are observed when abortion is done at ages younger than 18 (particularly if it occurs after 8 weeks gestation) or at age 30 or older, data in NCI funded study supports the hypothesis that an advsersely influence a woman’s subsequent risk of breast cancer.
Long before birth, her baby’s chemical signals began the process of breast growth and maturation that make breastfeeding possible.
And it is only through a full-term pregnancy and lactation that a woman acquires her greatest protection against breast cancer.
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Effects on Fertility
Two of the most important types of hormones that control reproduction are estrogens and progestins. Birth control pills are made from synthetic estrogens and/or progestins. Experiments have shown that these hormones cause women’s breast cells to divide more rapidly. Cells which divide more rapidly are more prone to develop into cancer cells.
In 2005, the World Health Organization classified oral contraceptives as a Group I carcinogen—the most dangerous classification known. Also, a comprehensive meta-analysis published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings in October, 2006 found that 21 out of 23 retrospective studies done since 1980 showed that women who took oral contraceptive prior to the birth of their first child sustained a 44% average increased risk of developing pre-menopausal breast cancer, “This risk rose to 52% for women who took the pill for at least four years prior to the birth of their first child.”
Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in U. S. in women age 20-59. In the U.S. about 211,000 women are diagnosed annually and over 40,000 die from this disease Research studies show that breast cancer risk is almost tripled for women who used Depo-Provera for 2 years or more before age 25.
Natural Family Planning (NFP) methods are available which use no chemicals or surgery and cause no increase in breast cancer risk. Not to be confused with the rhythm method, NFP is based on observations of a woman’s cervical mucus and (for some methods) other symptoms as well. One of the largest research studies of NFP (involving 19,843 women and performed in India by the World Health Organization) showed a pregnancy rate of 0.2 pregnancies per 100 women yearly.
Cord blood
The purpose of providing this important knowledge is to remind the parents that the umbilical cord blood, first and foremost, belongs to the baby; not only before birth but also immediately after birth. The baby is NOT to be depleted of these basic nutrients that are needed for circulation to the lungs after birth.
The photograph shows a happy pink baby who would say, “As I enter my new world, thank you for leaving my cord long and allowing me to have my blood that is needed to fill my lungs to prevent respiratory distress, persistent fetal circulation, cerebral hypoxia, intraventricular hemorrhage, anemia, and possibly autism.”