10-12-2007, 01:22 PM
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Re: Breast Cancer Abortion Myth, Is it a myth?
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Originally Posted by talloulou
Now I don't want breast cancer linked to abortion but I do think at some point we need to put politics aside and get to the truth. Should this study be taken seriously? Seems like a legit publication to me and a fairly straightforward study. Breast cancer among young women is on the rise. I imagine delaying the age of first birth is a big factor. But if abortion is also a factor then that should be recognized regardless of the "political" war about abortion, shouldn't it?
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They seem to be more politically oriented than medical science oriented:
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A 1966 article in the New York Times described the organization as an "ultra-right-wing... political-economic rather than medical" group, and asserted that historically some of its leaders had been members of the John Birch Society.[6][7]
Currently, the organization opposes mandatory vaccination,[8] universal health care[9] and government intervention in healthcare.[10] The AAPS has characterized the effects of the Social Security Act of 1965, which established Medicare and Medicaid, as "evil" and "immoral",[11] and encouraged members to avoid participating in Medicare and Medicaid.[12][13] AAPS believes that there is no right to medical care, and opposes efforts to implement a national health plan.[14] The organization also opposes the use of evidence-based medicine and practice guidelines as a usurpation of physician autonomy.[15]
AAPS opposes abortion[16] and over-the-counter access to emergency contraception.[17]
AAPS helped appeal the conviction of Virginia internist William Hurwitz, who was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison years for prescribing narcotic drugs in excessive quantities after 16 former patients testified against him.[18] Dr Hurwitz was granted a retrial in 2006 [19]
In 2004, AAPS filed a brief on behalf of Rush Limbaugh.[20] In 1975, they went to court to block enforcement of a new Social Security amendment that would monitor the treatment given Medicare and Medicaid patients.[21] More recently, they have been involved in litigation against HIPAA, arguing that it is violates the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution by allowing government access to certain medical data without a warrant.[22] In 2006 the group called attention to sham peer review.[23]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associa...s_and_Surgeons
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