From 2008 to 2016, Yoest, herself a breast cancer surivor, served as president and CEO of an anti-abortion organization that makes the same claim, in all caps, on its website. "The association between having an induced abortion and a subsequent increased risk of breast cancer has been examined in 70 studies.," according to AUL. "Of these studies, 57 showed a positive association between having an abortion and developing breast cancer, 34 of which were statistically significant." So have the World Health Organization, the American Cancer Society, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Susan G. Komen. But that doesn't necessarily mean that ending a pregnancy before it is full term raises a woman's breast cancer risk above that of someone the same age who has never been pregnant.

Source: Forbes April 30, 2017 16:07 UTC