On May 13, 2004, Ellen Goodman, in a column in the Boston Globe entitled “Just the Schmacks, Ma’am,” stated that the research linking breast cancer to abortion “keeps reappearing no matter how many scientists drive a stake through its heart.”1 She reported that even though the government web site at the National Cancer Institute had “expunged” the abortion-breast cancer (ABC) link, the information continues to appear on pro-life web sites. Goodman’s column illustrates the reason there is such widespread misinformation about the ABC link. She claims
that the link is merely a pro-life “scare tactic.” It is not. It has a proven scientific basis.2
