Joel Brind

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Dr. Joel Brind is a pro-life born again Christian, scientist, and a leading advocate of the abortion-breast cancer hypothesis.[1] He is a professor of biology and endocrinology at Baruch College and critiques abortion-breast cancer studies. Brind was an invitee to the National Cancer Institute's conference on the ABC issue[2] where he filed the minority dissenting comment.[3]

Brind has been mischaracterized by some pro-choice advocates and publications. In Joyce Arthur's article she claims Brind believes "miscarriages are caused by a lack of pregnancy hormones."[4] In fact, Brind and reproductive experts are aware miscarriages usually are not caused, but rather are characterized by a lack of hormones.[5] (See also: ABC section) A Women's eNews article[6] states that Brind wrote in a pro-life publication where he implies the term "recall bias" is manufactured. It was actually the evidence from the Rookus study[7] that Brind considered "artificially manufactured."[8]

However, many believe Brind overlooks methodological weaknesses of some studies he uses as evidence for an abortion-breast cancer link. Furthermore, medical researchers note Brind overstates his findings since his own research shows a "barely statistically significant" increase in breast cancer rates.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Research and Destroy" by Chris Mooney
  2. ^ NCI workshop findings
  3. ^ Minority dissenting opinion
  4. ^ Arthur, Joyce. January 2002. Abortion and Breast Cancer — A Forged Link
  5. ^ web.archive.org st-marys.nhs.uk – What causes recurrent miscarriage?
  6. ^ Woodbury, Margaret A. 2002-02-17. Judge to Rule on Abortion, Breast Cancer Link
  7. ^ Rookus, MA. 1996-12-04. Induced abortion and risk for breast cancer: reporting (recall) bias in a Dutch case-control study
  8. ^ World Conference on Breast Cancer
  9. ^ SkepticFiles.org: Study Linking Breast Cancer, Abortion Widely Criticized

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