The Add Health study overwhelmingly confirms the foundational principle of ABSTINENCE-ONLY Education while placing in serious question the tenants of the 'comprehensive' sex education ideology.
This study fully vindicates Congress, who in great wisdom, authorized funding for the Abstinence-Only message [1996].
This study places a great burden on various health department officials (state and national) who are subverting the clear intent of Congress to promote abstinence until marriage.
This study, more importantly, goes a long way to resolving the debate over the type of sexuality education most appropriate for the health of young Americans.
This study provides strong evidence that the rise of privately funded Abstinence-Only programs is greatly responsible for the statistical decreases since 1990 of teen sexual activity, teen pregnancy, and teen abortion.
There is no doubt that the Add Health study should be a serious blow to the 'comprehensive' sex philosophy that has its roots in the 'free sex' revolution of the 1960s.
[JAMA (Journal of American Medical Assoc.), "Protecting Adolescents From Harm: Findings From the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health", September 1997; Add Health study, "Reducing the Risk:Connections That Make a Difference in the Lives of Youth", http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth/faqs/addhealth/Reducing-the-risk.pdf ; http://www.mnddc.org/extra/risk/page1.htm ; http://casel.org/publications/reducing-the-risk-connections-that-make-a-difference-in-the-lives-of-youth/]
Medical Group Favors Disclosure of Abortion-Breast Cancer Link
the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) favors disclosing to patients a "highly plausible" relationship between abortion and increased risk of breast cancer. AAPS executive director Jane Orient, MD said: "The AAPS believes that patients have the right to give or withhold fully informed consent before undergoing medical treatment. This includes notification of potential adverse effects. While there is a difference of medical opinion concerning the abortion-breast cancer link, there is a considerable volume of evidence supporting this link, which is, moreover, highly plausible. We believe that a reasonable person would want to be informed of the existence of this evidence before making her decision." Karen Malec, pres of the Coalition On Abortion-Breast Cancer: "The coalition is grateful to the AAPS for taking a pro-information position on the ABC research. Women have a right to be autonomous, especially when it comes to life or death choices…We encourage all medical groups and the cancer establishment to take a pro-information stand. In particular, we challenge the National Cancer Institute, the American Medical Association, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to discontinue their pro-censorship practices by offering women an honest evaluation of the research. Censorship has contributed to a public health catastrophe in the U.S." Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1996 reported a 23% risk elevation among American women procuring abortions. Significantly, Newcomb et al. found that relative risk increased with age at diagnosis.
[1] Malec published an article in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons during the summer, "The Abortion-Breast Cancer Link: How Politics Trumped Science and Informed Consent." She discussed widespread scientific misconduct and efforts to conceal the research during the last half century. [2] Five medical groups say that abortion is one of the causes of breast cancer. [3] [1. Newcomb et al. (1996) JAMA 275:283-7; 2. Available at: www.jpands.org/vol8no2/malec; 3. National Physicians Center for Family Resources, CMA, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Polycarp Research Institute, Breast Cancer Prevention Institute. http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/press_releases/031103/index.htm]
[3Nov03 Pro-Life E-News <; COALITION ON ABORTION/BREAST CANCER - Press Release, 1-877-803-0102 www.AbortionBreastCancer.com; PLE-news, #284, 4Nov03]
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