Help Stop Ohio's Anti-Choice Resolution

[Diane Monaco <dmonaco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[Please forward to your pro-choice friends in Ohio]



"Ironically, abortion opponents voice
safety arguments when their ultimate goal - outlawing abortion - is most
dangerous for women's health"


> Anti-choice organizations in Ohio have
> introduced House Resolution
> 196 that would create a group to study the link between abortion
> and
> breast cancer.  This is part of a broader campaign to distort
> medical
> facts and frighten women into thinking that abortion causes breast
> cancer.  Breast cancer is a significant concern for all women. 
> More
> research is urgently needed to provide information on how to
> prevent
> and treat breast cancer.  However, anti-abortion propaganda
> asserting
> that abortion causes breast cancer is unsupported by scientific
> research and is dangerous for women's health.  Click here to
> email
> the message below to your Ohio House Representative asking him or
> her
> to oppose this dangerous resolution
> http://www.naralaction.org/index.asp?step=2&item=1121.
>
> The American Cancer Society, the National
> Cancer Institute, the
> National Breast Cancer Coalition, and the World Health Organization
> have concluded that there is no proven link between abortion and
> breast cancer.
>
> Despite a lack of evidence associating
> abortion with an increased
> risk of breast cancer, anti-choice groups are distorting scientific
> data and manipulating information to advance their political
> agenda.
>
> NARAL Ohio believes that women must have
> access to scientifically
> accurate and unbiased information.  By distorting information
> and
> instilling fear in women considerin abortion, such propaganda may
> deter women from exercising their constitutionally protected right
> to
> choose a safe medical procedure. Ironically, abortion opponents
> voice
> safety arguments when their ultimate goal - outlawing abortion - is
> most dangerous for women's health.
>
> TAKE ACTION!  Click here to email the
> message below to your Ohio
> House Representative asking them to oppose this dangerous
> resolution
> http://www.naralaction.org/index.asp?step=2&item=1121.
> To get
> involved and stop this legislation, contact NARAL Ohio at
> 614-221-2594 or email info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> For more information on this issue, check
> out NARAL's fact sheet:
> http://www.naral.org/mediaresources/fact/misuse.html
>
> Also check out an OPED publishe in the
> Dayton Daily News on
> February 3, 2002 entitled "Aborting Women's Health,"
> http://www.activedayton.com/ddn/local/0203mary.html
>
> ***************************
>
> Dear Representative,
>
> I am writing to urge you to oppose House
> Resolution 196, which would
> create a group to study the link between abortion and breast
> cancer.
> Breast cancer is an issue that I am greatly concerned about;
> however,
> this legislation has been introduced based on distorted facts and
> is
> an attempt to instill fear in women.
>
> The American Cancer Society, the National
> Breast Cancer Coalition,
> the National Cancer Institute, and the World Health Organization
> have
> all found that there is no proven link between abortion and breast
> cancer. Our taxpayer money should not be wasted to fund a study
> that
> has already been conducted by numerous reputable experts on the
> issue
> of breast cancer when there are other pressing needs in our state.
>
> Unfortunately, anti-choice zealots are
> using this sensitive issue as
> part of a broader campaign to discourage women from exercising
> their constitutionally protected right to choose.  I believe that
> any
> research conducted under the guise of this agenda will be biased.
> The women of Ohio deserve scientifically accurate information. 
> I
> urge you to oppose this bill and focus on funding programs that are
> not attached to a political agenda.
>
> Thank you in advance for your time.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
>
>
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