Texas adopts abortion counseling law
The Detroit News
Thursday, May 22, 2003
National Briefs
By Detroit News staff reports and wire services HOUSTON -- Texas approved one of the nation's most sweeping abortion "counseling" laws Wednesday, requiring doctors to, among other things, warn women that abortion might lead to breast cancer. That correlation, however, does not exist, according to the American Cancer Society and federal government researchers, and critics say the law is a thinly veiled attempt to intimidate, frighten and shame women who are seeking an abortion. Proponents say they are merely trying to give women as much information as possible and argue that research into a possible link between abortion and breast cancer remains inconclusive.
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