Why would not a spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) carry an increased risk as well as an induced abortion?
A. We are not sure yet. Spontaneous abortion is harder to measure epidemiologically and it has many causes. One reason miscarriages occur is that the surge of hormones (including estrogen) is inadequate to maintain the pregnancy. In simple terms spontaneous abortion is the natural termination of an abnormal pregnancy, whereas induced abortion is almost always the artificial termination of a normal pregnancy. Thus, they are very different events and the difference in consequences should not be too surprising. Q. Of the women who will have abortions this year, how many cases, based on your research, will result in breast cancer? A. Of the 800,000 women every year who get abortions and who have never had a full-term pregnancy, you are increasing the average lifetime risk among them by at least 50 percent. By the year 2020 you are going to see 40,000-50,000 breast cancer cases minimum, every single year, that are due to induced abortions. Q. Is there any difference in the severity of the c
