Abortions cause breast cancer
Major medical organizations and fact-checkers have extensively investigated the claim that abortions cause breast cancer and concluded that there is no causal link.
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AFP Fact Check: Misinformation about abortion safety spreads via US podcast. AFP Fact Check. https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.66R24KE
Fact-checker ruling: False
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Snopes: Are Abortions Linked to an Increased Risk of Breast Cancer?. Snopes. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/abortion-breast-cancer-link/
Fact-checker ruling: False
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snopes.com: Are Abortions Linked to an Increased Risk of Breast Cancer? | Snopes.com. snopes.com. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/abortion-breast-cancer-link/
Fact-checker ruling: reviewed
misbar.com: No Evidence Abortion Causes Breast Cancer. misbar.com. https://www.misbar.com/en/factcheck/2021/09/07/no-evidence-abortion-causes-breast-cancer
Fact-checker ruling: fake
Wikipedia: Abortion–breast cancer hypothesis. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion%E2%80%93breast_cancer_hypothesis
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en.wikipedia.org: Abortion–breast cancer hypothesis. en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion%E2%80%93breast_cancer_hypothesis
Explains that scientific inquiry has concluded abortion does not cause breast cancer and major bodies reject it.
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