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Brief for American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists as Amicus Curiae. 

IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS "At the present time, SCOTUS is deliberating the merits of a law enacted in Mississippi that bars abortions after 15 weeks except for medical emergencies and severe fetal abnormalities. In the Dobbs v. Jackson case, yet to be ruled upon, BCPI helped an over 6,000 member strong physician association, the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), to document in amicus curiae brief that abortion negatively impacts women’s health and future children. The brief argued that due to the consequences of abortion-related deaths, risk of later premature births, risk of breast cancer in the mother and the risk of depression, drug abuse and suicide post abortion the law should be upheld."​ 
Hormonal Contraception and Violent Death: The Physiological and Psychological Links

In the past decade, two large prospective cohort studies of British and American women have been conducted which found a statistically significant increase in the risk of violent death in ever-users of hormonal contraceptives. Research on the effects of hormonal contraceptives upon the behaviors of intimate partners and on the physiology of women using hormonal contraceptives has provided insight into the possible basis for the resulting increase in violent death. This review examines the changes that are potential contributors to the reported increase.

Angela Lanfranchi
Department of Surgery, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, Whitehouse Station, NJ, United States

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​Citizen Petition from Contraceptive Study Group (June 28, 2019)
The FDA accepted the petition on October 30, 2019. 

Hormonal contraceptives have been on the market for over 50 years and, while their formulations have changed, the basic mechanism of action has remained the same. During this time numerous studies have been performed documenting side effects, some of which appear over time, some within weeks or months, but all can have a serious impact on health. An effort was made to perform a series of comprehensive literature surveys to better understand immediate and long-term side effects of these agents. The results of this literature review have led to several recommendations. 

Click here to read/add your comments online. 
Petition on Hormonal Contraceptives (pdf)
Induced Abortion as an Independent Risk Factor for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of  Studies on South Asian Women 
On April 1, 2018, Issues In Law & Medicine published a new meta-analysis done by the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute 20 retrospective case-control studies from January 1, 2000 through June 30,2017 were analyzed. Overall, the 20 studies resulted in a 151% increase in breast cancer with induced abortion. These results were statistically significant. There was a 291% increase in the 5 studies that differentiated induced from spontaneous abortions as well as a dose response i.e. there was greater risk with more abortions. You can see a copy of this new study under publications.
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Joel Brind, Ph.D.;* Steven J. Condly, Ph.D.;**
Angela Lanfranchi, M.D., FACS;*** and Brent Rooney M.Sc.****
​​​Breast Cancer and Induced Abortion 
A comprehensive review of breast development and pathophysiology, the epidemiological literature, and proposal for creation of databanks to elucidate all breast cancer risk factors.
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Angela E. Lanfranchi, MD, FACS, and Patrick Fagan, PhD.
Issues in Law & Medicine. V29, N1:3-133. Spring 2014.
For your convenience, you can also view pages 1 through 20 of this article as 8 individual Fact Sheets by visiting our Fact Sheet Page. 
Complications:  Abortion's Impact on Women  
​November, 2013

Angela Lanfranchi, Ian Gentles, Elizabeth Ring-Cassidy

Chapter 7. Biology and epidemiology confirm the abortion-breast cancer link.
Click here or to read a PDF file of Chapter 7 (pages 109-142).
Rapid Responses submitted to BMJ.com by 
Dr. Joel Brind and others refuting the findings of the following study:
Link to BMJ website
Mortality among contraceptive pill users: cohort evidence from Royal College of General Practitioners’ Oral Contraception Study. 

Philip C Hannaford, Lisa Iversen, Tatiana V Macfarlane, Alison M Elliott, Valerie Angus, and Amanda J Lee.  BMJ 2010; 340: c927
Normal breast physiology: The reasons hormonal contraceptives and induced abortion increase breast-cancer risk  
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Lanfranchi, Angela.
The Linacre Quarterly 76(3) 236-249. August 2009.
The federal government and academic texts as barriers to informed consent  
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Lanfranchi, Angela
J Amer Phys & Surg. V13,N1:12-15. Spring 2008.
Scientific developments relating to the effect of abortion on risk of future breast cancer
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Brind, Joel
Testimony presented by Dr. Joel Brind to the Select Committee on Science and Technology of the United Kingdom Parliament.  August 2007.
The breast physiology and the epidemiology of the abortion breast cancer link  
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Lanfranchi, Angela
Imago Hominis. Band 12:Heft3:228-36. 2005.
Induced abortion as an independent risk factor for breast cancer: a critical review of recent studies on prospective data  
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Brind, Joel
J Amer Phys & Surg. V10,N4:105-10. Winter 2005. ​
The Science, Studies and Sociology of the Abortion Breast Cancer Link  
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Lanfranchi, Angela 
From the Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change Research Bulletin, V18:No2:8 pgs. Spring 2005.
The abortion-breast cancer link revisited   

Lanfranchi, Angela
Ethics & Medics. V29N11:1-4. November 2004.
Abortion and Breast Cancer: Re: "collaborative reanalysis of data"   
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Dr. Joel Brind analyzed the published in Lancet meta-analysis of Valorie Beral et.al  3/25/2004 
Review of Abortion-Breast Cancer link (ABC link)  
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Dr. Joel Brind reports on the section of the National Cancer Institute's workshop on "Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer Risk" concerning the ABC link.
May, 2003
"Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer"  
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Minority Report submitted to the NCI by Dr. Joel Brind as a participant at the NCI Workshop on "Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer Risk"  Submitted March 10, 2003
The abortion-breast cancer link   
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Lanfranchi, Angela
Ethics & Medics. V28,N1:1-4. January 2003.
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