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Women who have induced abortions have an increased risk of HIV infection of 172%, and researchers are at least 99% confident of this result.

"Significantly higher prevalences of infection [HIV-1] were associated with induced abortion (0.49%) than with delivery (0.18%) (OR: 2.72; 95% CI: 2.29-3.22)" [European Journal of Epidemiology, Deliveries, abortion and HIV-1 infection in Rome, 1989-1994, 1997, 13:373-378.] 

A typical 15 year old American girl has a 10% lifetime risk of breast cancer.

If she gets pregnant in her teens and has the baby she reduces her risk to 7.5%. However, if she has an abortion, her risk of breast cancer rises to 15% (assuming she has at least one child in her 20's).

If the abortion causes permanent infertility and/or for other reasons, she never has another pregnancy, her risk rises to 30%.

[Brinton LA, Hoover R, Fraumeni IF, Ir. (1983) Brit. J. Cancer. 47:757-62]

 
Obtaining Stem Cells From Umbilical Cord Blood (3/04) PDF Print E-mail

BioE [St. Paul, MN] has developed a processing system, called PrepaCyte-CB, that separates the stem cells from umbilical cord blood.  It is expected to become the first FDA-compliant cell-separation product and first available on the market by early 2005.

Blood from the umbilical cord is rich in stem cells, which have the potential to develop into many different cell types in the body.

Use of umbilical cord stem cells is ethical and does not use or destroy human embryos. 

BioE and lead neurologist, Dr. Leslie Weiner, have a research agreement with the Univ of Southern CA, where Weiner is chair in Neurology at the University’s Keck School of Medicine. [Minneapolis Star Tribune, 23Mar04; HLA Action News, Spring 2004]
 
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