Pink ribbons everywhere — we saw it only weeks ago when Breast Cancer Awareness Month concluded. It’s an eye-catching symbol, particularly for cancer survivors.

A recent research study should also make us take notice, stating that: “Between 1970 and 2014, the probability of U.S. women contracting breast cancer has more than quadrupled.”

Yet in the fight to stop cancer, certain knowledge has been missing. Cancer research organizations have made a capable effort to educate women regarding breast cancer risk factors — except for one.

As summarized by a leading pregnancy help coalition: “The overall risk of developing breast cancer among women who had one or more induced abortions was significantly increased.”

While a multitude of research studies conducted worldwide confirm the abortion-breast cancer (ABC) link, these findings are often disputed and debated. Because I’ve experienced an abortion at Planned Parenthood, survived breast cancer and now help counsel women, I have a personal stake in discovering the truth.

Two further sources shed more light. The American College of Pediatricians urges health care providers to educate young women about the strong link between abortion and breast cancer, finding that “this link is causal not merely correlational.”

Meanwhile, National Review reports that a “meta-analysis of 36 studies from mainland China reported a 44 percent overall increase in breast-cancer risk among women who had had an abortion.”

Read the article “Women at Risk: Abortion and Breast Cancer Linked” on christianpost.com.