IVF in young women tied to breast cancer: study

REUTERS - Women who go through in vitro fertilization (IVF) early in life are at a higher risk of developing breast cancer compared to those who dont undergo the treatment, according to an Australian study. But the findings, based on a study of more than 21,000 women and published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, cannot determine whether IVF contributed to the cancers or whether something else could explain the risk.

Roughly 1.7 percent of the 13,644 women who only used fertility drugs without IVF ended up developing breast cancer by the end of the study. That figure was about two percent for women who used fertility drugs and underwent IVF - a difference that researchers said wasnt statistically significant. When they divided the women into different age groups, though, that changed. Women who started taking fertility drugs around their 24th birthday and went through IVF had a 56 percent greater chance of eventually developing breast cancer compared to those in the same age group who only went through fertility treatments without IVF. But there was no increased risk for women who started fertility treatments when they were about 40 years old, regardless of whether they had IVF or not. 

A possible reason that younger women see an increased risk of breast cancer is that they are exposed to higher levels of circulating estrogen during their cycles of IVF treatment. The development of breast cancer is linked to estrogen exposure and the longer one is exposed, the greater the risk. In an IVF cycle there is a short, but significant elevation in circulating estrogen, and whether this is linked to the observations found in the study is not clear at this time.

Editor: I Googled "IVF and breast cancer" and there were 275 news items about this already within just over 24 hours. Meanwhile, the abortion/breast cancer link gets scant attention. [Corrected comment.]

PepsiCo denies accusations on link to aborted fetal cells

PepsiCo denies accusations on link to aborted fetal cells - Washington Times: Pepsi spokesman Jeff Dahncke also denied speculation that sweeteners developed by Senomyx had been used in the recipe for Pepsi NEXT, a low-calorie cola with 60 percent less sugar than a standard Pepsi. The drink is being launched this week.

Ms. Vinnedge called the PepsiCo denial “pure deception.” She found HEK-293, a “human embryo kidney” cell line produced from an aborted fetus in the 1970s, in more than 70 Senomyx patents, all related to flavor enhancers.

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Organization stops supporting embryonic stem cell research

Organizations can stop supporting embryonic stem cell research | Stem Cell Research Cures: The list of organizations that support embryonic stem cell research grew shorter recently when one organization, CureSearch for Children (formerly the National Childhood Cancer Foundation) notified us of a change in policy. Though they signed a letter to Congress back in 1999 supporting the legality and federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, their policy has been changed: "As the Foundation reviews requests for funding and makes decisions about types of funding to support, CureSearch for Children’s Cancer neither supports, nor provides funds for embryonic stem cell research."

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Abortion-Breast Cancer PowerPoints

The PowerPoint presentations and worksheets from the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer is being offered as an educational resource to equip crisis pregnancy centers with the facts supporting an abortion-breast cancer link. They give staff members confidence when speaking about the breast cancer risks of induced abortion, use of the birth control pill, and early premature birth (which can be caused by an earlier abortion). Center directors can use them to educate pregnant clients and lawmakers, and to defend themselves against attacks led by NARAL and Planned Parenthood who employ abortion-friendly city council members in urban areas to pass legislation intended to discourage pregnant women from entering crisis pregnancy centers.

Why abstinence works

And how it can work for you! Science shows that it's best to wait. The Conservative Teen

What science tells us about the unborn

National Right to Life: Four features of the unborn (i.e., the human zygote, embryo or fetus) are relevant to his or her status as a human being. First, the unborn is living. Second, the unborn is human. Third, the unborn is genetically and functionally distinct from (though dependent on and resting inside of) the pregnant woman. Fourth, the unborn is a whole or complete (though immature) organism.

Updated Expose: Medical Research & Fetal Tissue

An assessment published in 1995 in The Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that fetuses obtained from miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies were a “quite limited” source for fetal tissue, while another study published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research in 2001, the authors noted that out of 37 donated fetuses they used for their research, 33 had come from elective abortions. According to other journal articles, very little tissue comes from fetuses dying natural deaths.

. . . Jennifer Boulanger of the Allentown Women’s Center in Allentown, Pa., said her clinic supplies tissue to the University of Washington. She said her clinic is not paid for the donations, but the university provides her staff with the supplies needed to collect and ship the specimens.

. . . To ensure tissue freshness, “the specimens are FedExed overnight” to Seattle, she said. Boulanger didn’t have at hand the number of specimens her clinic provides annually, but she estimated, “I don’t think it’s any more than 10 a week.”

The recipient, named misleadingly the Birth Defects Research Laboratory at the University of Washington in Seattle, has been sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for over four decades. It’s known within the research community as a top government distributor of fetal tissue. Last year the Puget Sound Business Journal stated the lab “in 2009 filled more than 4,400 requests for fetal tissue and cell lines.”

. . . Fetal remains also are in demand in Britain, where, similar to the United States, no formal stats on donations are kept. In a survey published three years ago, Julie Kent, a professor from the University of the West of England, found some surprising practices: At least one abortion clinic altered its termination method in order to preserve specimens, extracting the fetus with a syringe instead of a vacuum to avoid macerating the tissue. Crosswalk

The Teen Girl Brain: Insights Into What Makes Us Women

Beginning two years before puberty and continuing until the late teen and early adult years, the female brain undergoes massive growth and changes in circuitry. This is true for boys too -- but in different brain circuits than girls. Dr. Louann Brizendine shares new findings in the teen girl brain and various strategies being developed to help navigate this special stage of a female's life. YouTube

Article links vaccines to autism

A spike of incidence of autism accompanied the addition of the second dose of MMR II. Also, in 1988, MMR II was used in the United Kingdom, which reported a dramatic increase in prevalence of autism to 1/64 (noted above). Canada, Denmark, and Japan also reported dramatic increases in prevalence of autism. It is important to note that unlike the former MMR, the rubella component of MMR II was propagated in a human cell line derived from embryonic lung tissue (Merck and Co., Inc., 2010). The MMR II vaccine is contaminated with human DNA from the cell line. This human DNA could be the cause of the spikes in incidence. An additional increased spike in incidence of autism occurred in 1995 when the chicken pox vaccine was grown in human fetal tissue (Merck and Co., Inc., 2001; Breuer, 2003). COG

Women with congenital heart disease are more likely to have been born preterm

A survey of women born in Sweden has revealed three significant links between being born prematurely and having an inborn heart defect, what doctors call congenital heart disease (CHD). First, women with CHD were more likely to have been born preterm or small-for-gestational age (SGA) than women without CHD. Secondly, when women with CHD have children, their babies are more likely to have a congenital malformation than children of unaffected women. They are also more prone to give birth to children preterm or SGA and their babies are more often delivered by cesarean section. And thirdly, mothers of women with CHD were more often single/unmarried or older than mothers whose children did not have heart disease. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Biotech company using aborted fetal cell lines to test its flavor enhancers

Children of God for Life is calling on the public to boycott products of major food companies that are partnering with Senomyx, a biotech company that produces artificial flavor enhancers, unless the company stops using aborted fetal cell lines to test their products.

In 2010, the pro-life organization wrote to Senomyx CEO Kent Snyder, pointing out that moral options for testing their food additives could and should be used. But when Senomyx ignored their letter, they wrote to the companies Senomyx listed on their website as "collaborators" warning them of public backlash and threatened boycott. Food giants Pepsico, Kraft Foods, Campbell Soup, Solae and Nestlé are the primary targets of the boycott, though Senomyx boasts other international partners on their website.

Senomyx notes their collaborators provide them research and development funding plus royalties on sales of products using their flavor ingredients. “What they do not tell the public is that they are using HEK 293 – human embryonic kidney cells taken from an electively aborted baby to produce those receptors”, stated Debi Vinnedge, Executive Director for Children of God for Life, a pro-life watch dog group that has been monitoring the use of aborted fetal material in medical products and cosmetics for years.

UPDATE: Within hours of the press release, Children of God for Life received notice from Campbell Soup that they have severed their ties with Senomyx. Stated Juli Mandel Sloves, Senior Manager of Nutrition & Wellness Communications at Campbell Soup Company, "We are no longer in partnership with Senomyx. This fact was discussed during the Senomyx conference call with its investors earlier this month." If you choose to write to Campbell Soup, please thank them for their decision. Mmmm good!

Why Prior Abortions Raise Autism Risk

In 1999, Professor Larry Burd & colleagues reported that women with prior induced abortions had a three times higher risk of delivering a newborn later diagnosed with autism.1 In the 1960s, the U.S. autism rate for newborns was approximately 1 in 10,000, but the rate skyrocketed to 1 in 110 in 2009 according to the Centers for Disease Control. 

Is it biologically plausible that prior maternal induced abortions elevate a newborn baby’s autism risk? In a word, yes. This is because of two mechanisms — preterm birth (very preterm and extremely preterm) and raised paternal age at delivery. Six significant studies report that prior induced abortions boost extremely preterm birth risk (under 28 weeks’ gestation). Elliot Institute

Plenty of evidence on mental health effects of abortion

The American Association of Pro-Life Ob/Gyns website offers evidence based conclusions from the world literature on the mental health disasters following abortion for many women, disasters ranging from substance abuse, to depression, to suicide. 

Abortion Boosts Breast Cancer Risk 193%

Abortion Boosts Breast Cancer Risk 193% Study Finds, Giving Birth Lowers It: Researchers in Iran have published the results of a new study showing women who have an abortion face a 193% increased risk of breast cancer. On the other hand, women who carry a pregnancy to term find a lowered breast cancer risk compared with women who have never been pregnant. The findings were reported in the April 3, 2010 issue of Medical Oncology but are coming to the public's attention only now.

With Birth Control Pills, New Isn't Always Better

The latest generation of birth control pills has been marketed as doing much more than prevent pregnancy. They claim to clear the skin, make menstrual periods more benign, even prevent mood swings. But some critics suggest these benefits don't outweigh the health risks known to accompany oral contraceptives. NPR

AAPLOG on ella: "An embryocidal drug"

The American Association of Pro-Life Ob/Gyns has posted their letter to the FDA on the dangers to women and unborn babies of the new "emergency contraceptive" ella.

Get to Know: Stand APART

The Alliance for Post-Abortion Research & Training (APART) is dedicated to standing apart from the political debate as we conduct rigorous research, disseminate accurate information, and serve as a forum for collaboration among scholars and professionals in the U.S. and internationally. The dual purpose of the Alliance for Post-Abortion Research and Training is to engage in the scientific study of the mental health risks of abortion and to disseminate accurate information concerning such risks to those who provide education about abortion and/or post-abortion counseling. 


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Breast Milk Sugars Give Infants a Protective Coat

Breast Milk Sugars Give Infants a Protective Coat - NYTimes.com: A large part of human milk cannot be digested by babies and seems to have a purpose quite different from infant nutrition — that of influencing the composition of the bacteria in the infant’s gut. The details of this three-way relationship between mother, child and gut microbes are being worked out by researchers.

Fetal transplants for Parkinson's disease come from aborted babies

Controversial tissue transplants from aborted fetuses to people suffering from Parkinson's disease could soon begin again following a scientific breakthrough in understanding and overcoming the side-effects of such operations. Independent, Christian Institute

FRC Responds to Flawed British Study on Fetal Pain

The Family Research Council released a new report that refutes claims made recently by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' that a fetus is not able to feel pain before 24 weeks of development. Pro-abortion activists in the United States could also try to use this study to argue against Nebraska's new law that states that an unborn baby can feel pain at 20 weeks and which, as a result, outlaws abortions from that point on. FRC notes that the RCOG's study is seriously flawed and could lead to a profound moral injustice, the more cavalier taking of unborn life.