A report on the risk factors for breast cancer published by the Journal of Dhaka Medical College in Bangladesh has determined that women who have induced abortions increase their chances of getting cancer by as much as 20 times.

“Almost all the women are married (97% currently married; the rest widowed) and with child by the time they are 20, and all of the kids are breastfed. Ninety percent had their first child at age 21 or younger (99% of controls did),” explained Professor Joel Brind of Baruch College, City University of New York, noting that the high risk elevation is a measure of relative risk and that in general, Bengali women have traditional childbearing patterns that reduce breast cancer risk.

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