Claim: Distorting scientific knowledge on reproductive health issues abstinence-only education Response: Currently, the Federal government funds abstinence-only programs through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Assistant Secretary for Health. There are no CDC science-based performance measures for these programs. The program was not designed as a scientific study, so even if the original performance measures had been kept, very little useful scientific data would have been obtained. There is a long-range scientific evaluation of these programs currently being conducted.
Claim: Posting information suggesting a link between abortion and breast cancer Response: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) "Abortion and Breast Cancer" fact sheet has been revised several times since its origin in 1994. NCI temporarily removed the fact sheet from the website because of conflicting information on the issue. In February 2003, NCI convened a workshop of over 100 of the world's leading experts who study pregnancy and breast cancer risk. They concluded that having an abortion or miscarriage does not increase a woman's subsequent risk of developing breast cancer. A revised fact sheet was posted on the NCI website shortly after the workshop reflecting the findings. On 8/10/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ::yawn:: if the issue is faith-based science, the one about abortion > causing breast cancer is enough for me. Or abstinence education. I > think pollution is bad. I think this has been demonstrated. > > On 8/10/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Arrogance mixed with ignorance is very unflattering, you should stop > > flaunting it. > > > > On 8/10/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > he seems to delight in proving that so and so is morally > > > reprehensible. Since I don't know or care who most of the people he is > > > talking about are, I find these snickering little comments pretty > > > irrelevant. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239952 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
