Fw: Women Beware

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>Subject: Fw: women beware

>Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 19:07:28 -0500

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>Women Beware!!!

>

>Most of you have read the scare-mail about the person whose

>kidneys were stolen while he was passed out-well read on.

>While that was an " urban legend " this one is not.

>It's happening everyday....

>

>My thighs were stolen from me during the night of August 3rd a

>few years ago. It was just that quick.

>

>I went to sleep in my body and woke up with someone else's thighs.

>The new ones had the texture of cooked oatmeal. Who would have

>done such a cruel thing to legs that had been wholly, if

>imperfectly, mine for years? Whose thighs were these? What

>happened to mine?

>

>I spent the entire summer looking for them. I searched, in vain,

>at pools and beaches, anywhere I might find female limbs exposed.

>I became obsessed. I had nightmares filled with cellulite and

>flesh that turns to bumps in the night.

>

>Finally, hurt and angry, I resigned myself to living out my life

>in jeans and Sheer Energy pantyhose. Then, just when my guard was

>down, the thieves struck again.

>

>My buns were next. I knew it was the same gang because they took

>pains to match my new derriere (although badly attached at least

>three inches lower than the original) to the thighs they had stuck

>me with earlier. Now my rear complimented my legs, lump for lump.

>Frantic, I prayed that long skirts would stay in fashion.

>

>It was 2 years ago when I realized my arms had been switched. One

>morning while fixing my hair, I watched, horrified but fascinated,

>as the flesh of my upper arms swung to and fro with the motion of

>the hairbrush. This was really getting scary. My body was being

>replaced, cleverly and fiendishly, one section at a time.

>

>Age? Age had nothing to do with it. Age was supposed to creep up,

>noticed and intangible, something like maturity. NO, I was being

>attacked, repeatedly and without warning.

>

>During one spring, my attention was riveted to upper arms... female

>arms. I studied them from every angle, being careful not to raise

>mine in public or flatten them too tightly against my body.

>

>In private, I held them straight out and did endless circles that

>would have tightened my real arms but did nothing for these new

> " Silly-Putty " caricatures.

>

>In the end, in deepening despair, I gave up my T-shirts. What could

>they do to me next? My eyes began to remind people that they needed

>a new pair of Hush Puppies. My poor neck disappeared more quickly

>than the Thanksgiving turkey it now reminded me of.

>

>That's why I've decided to tell my story; I can't take on the medical

>profession by myself. Women of America, wake up and smell the coffee!

>That isn't really " plastic " those surgeons are using. You know where

>they're getting those replacement parts, don't you?

>

>The next time you suspect someone has had a face " lifted, " look again!

>Was it lifted from you? Check out those tummy tucks and buttocks

>raising. Look familiar? Are those your eyelids on that movie star?

>

>I think I finally may have found my thighs....

>and I hope Crawford paid a really good price for them!

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Most of you have read the scare-mail about the person whose kidneys were

stolen while he was passed out-well read on. While that was an " urban legend "

this one is not. It's happening everyday....

My thighs were stolen from me during the night of August 3rd a few years ago.

It was just that quick. I went to sleep in my body and woke up with someone

else's thighs. The new ones had the texture of cooked oatmeal. Who would have

done such a cruel thing to legs that had been wholly, if imperfectly, mine

for years? Whose thighs were these? What happened to mine?

I spent the entire summer looking for them. I searched, in vain, at pools and

beaches, anywhere I might find female limbs exposed. I became obsessed. I had

nightmares filled with cellulite and flesh that turns to bumps in the night.

Finally, hurt and angry, I resigned myself to living out my life in jeans and

Sheer Energy pantyhose. Then, just when my guard was down, the thieves

struck again.

My buns were next. I knew it was the same gang because they took pains to

match my new derriere (although badly attached at least three inches lower

than the original) to the thighs they had stuck me with earlier. Now my rear

complimented my legs, lump for lump. Frantic, I prayed that long skirts would

stay in fashion.

It was 2 years ago when I realized my arms had been switched. One morning

while fixing my hair, I watched, horrified but fascinated, as the flesh of my

upper arms swung to and fro with the motion of the hairbrush. This was

really getting scary. My body was being replaced, cleverly and fiendishly,

one section at a time.

Age? Age had nothing to do with it. Age was supposed to creep up, noticed

and intangible, something like maturity. NO, I was being attacked,

repeatedly and without warning.

During one spring, my attention was riveted to upper arms... female arms. I

studied them from every angle, being careful not to raise mine in public or

flatten them too tightly against my body. In private, I held them straight

out and did endless circles that would have tightened my real arms but did

nothing for these new " Silly-Putty " caricatures. In the end, in deepening

despair, I gave up my T-shirts. What could they do to me next? My eyes began

to remind people that they needed a new pair of Hush Puppies. My poor neck

disappeared more quickly than the Thanksgiving turkey it now reminded me of.

That's why I've decided to tell my story; I can't take on the medical

profession by myself. Women of America, wake up and smell the coffee! That

isn't really " plastic " those surgeons are using. You know where they're

getting those replacement parts, don't you?

The next time you suspect someone has had their face " lifted, " look again!

Was it lifted from you? Check out those tummy tucks and buttocks raising.

Look familiar? Are those your eyelids on that movie star? AHA!

[Guest guest]

Abortion Can Lead to Breast Cancer and Suicide

From newscan@... Thu Mar 5 16:21:00 1998

Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 14:34:54 -0800 (PST)

From: mike richmond <newscan@...>

Subject: Abortion on Black U.S. Women Linked to Brest Cancer and Suicide

Hello. The following article was very favorably reviewed by breast

cancer researcher Brind, Ph.D. (Baruch College, City U. of New

York). --Best Regards, M.R.

October 1997

Abortion in Black U.S. Women

Linked to Breast Cancer and Suicidal Deaths

The JNCI reported a " 20% higher breast cancer death rate in black

women despite a lower incidence rate than whites. " (JNCI, Journal of the

National Cancer Institute, 4 June 1997, p. 759). Why the 20% higher breast

cancer mortality risk among black American women (vs. whites)? According

to Krieger (1989), " the higher teen abortion rate among black women

[double that of whites according to the CDC] could conceivably heighten

black teenagers' susceptibility to potentially excessive exogenous

carcinogenic exposures, thereby contributing (along with lower breast

feeding rates) to higher rates of premenopausal breast cancer. " (1)

In plain English, higher induced abortion rates among blacks

(compared to whites) may explain the higher breast cancer rate among

blacks under the age of 40. A nineteen-year-old black woman who had an

induced abortion in 1970 (legal in some U.S. states) would have been 38

when Krieger's article was published and will be 50 in 2001. What is the

importance of age 50? When Krieger wrote her article there had been no

published 'black' studies of the risk of breast cancer from induced

abortion. That all changed in 1993 with an article in the Journal of the

National Medical Association. (2)

29,000 Blacks who Abort May Be Put 'on the Bus' to Breast Cancer

A black U.S. woman has about a 10% risk of contracting breast cancer

during her lifetime. In December 1993 the Journal of the National Medical

Association reported (pp. 931-939):

Black women of age 50 and above who had at least one induced

abortion have an increased risk of breast cancer of 370% (95% CI=2.6,8.4).

(I.E. they have a 47% lifetime risk of contracting breast cancer.) JNMA is

a publication of black medical professionals concerned with black health

problems and has published for over 100 years. [black women have a lower

incidence of breast cancer than white women but a HIGHER mortality from

breast cancer; more black women die from breast cancer than lung cancer,

but more white women die from lung cancer than breast cancer.] Is this

370% result a 'fluke'?

In medical science the 'gold standard' is being at least 95%

confident that a potential disease factor increases risk or 95% confident

that the factor decreases risk. In studies of induced abortion and breast

cancer EIGHTEEN (18) STUDIES have achieved the 95% confidence level. ONE

study (Burany, 1979) reported that induced abortion DECREASES the risk of

breast cancer. But SEVENTEEN (17) studies have reported (with at least 95%

confidence) that induced abortion INCREASES BREAST CANCER risk; (see the

appendix for a 'concise list' of the 17 studies). However, since induced

abortion on a large scale is only about 26 years old in the U.S., the JNMA

study is the first one to publish a risk number for black women OVER age

50. Even if one speculates that subsequent studies show 'only' half the

JNMA risk (i.e. a 185% increased risk), how many black women would be put

'on the bus' to breast cancer yearly via induced abortion? Currently,

roughly 680,000 U.S. women have an induced abortion of a first pregnancy

yearly. At least 15% of the 680,000 (102,000) are black women. Each one

has a 28% (10% + 1.85 x 10%) chance of contracting breast cancer during

her lifetime. Thus, about 28,560 (102,000 X 28%) black women yearly have

triggered a biological event that will eventuate in breast cancer; b.c.

could happen 10, 25 or 50 years after this event.

Are Women WARNED of POSSIBLE A-B-C risk by Abortion Clinics?

With few exceptions, NO! (Only Louisiana, Montana, Mississippi and

perhaps 2 or 3 other states mandate warnings). Should women be warned that

abortion may cause breast cancer? Lets take a comparison. In 1954 there

was much credible evidence against cigarettes, but it was not CONCLUSIVE.

Should smokers have not been warned of a possible lung cancer risk until

1964 (when Surgeon General Luther Terry issued his warning)? Certainly

not! According to Dr. Brind's simple calculation (25 Dec 1995, National

Review, pp. 38-41), a woman has 300 TIMES the risk of death via an induced

abortion compared to childbirth. The Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision

in 1973 was based on the presumption that induced abortion was safe, even

safer than childbirth for mom. In 1994 the medical journal Genetic

Epidemiology reported that black women who have at least one induced

abortion have an increased breast cancer risk of 144% and the researchers

were at least 95% confident of the result (3).

Abortion Linked to Suicide

It is generally accepted that induced abortion increases the risk

that a woman will commit suicide. The latest (7 Dec 1996) study from

Finland (4) reported that women who had an induced abortion had a 200%

increased risk of committing suicide (RR = 3.08, 95% CI=1.57-6.03). In

contrast, women with a full-term pregnancy had a reduced risk of

committing suicide compared to the general female population. A recent

study (5) based on women in New York reported that women during pregnancy

had a 60% reduced risk of suicide and stated, " it may suggest that

pregnancy could be a model for exploring protective factors against

suicide in women in general. " The researchers were at least 95% confident

of their result (RR = .40, 95% CI= 0.15-0.87).

(Note: it the above computations a figure a 680,000 first pregnancy

abortions was used. In the early 1990's the rate was 800,000 yearly. It

has been assumed here that the yearly first pregnancy abortions has

decreased at the same rate as abortions in general).

REFERENCES

1 Exposure, susceptibility, and breast cancer risk, Breast Cancer

Research and Treatment, Krieger, 1989, 13:205-223

2 Breast Cancer Risk Factors In African-American Women: The

University Registry Experience, J Nation Medical Association, A E

Laing et al., 1993, 85:931-939

3 Reproductive and lifestyle risk factors for breast cancer in African-

American women, Genetic Epidemiology, A E Laing et al., 1994, 11:300

4 Suicides after pregnancy in Finland, 1987-94: register linkage study,

British Medical J, Mika Gissler et al., 1996, 313:1431-1434

5 Lower Risk of Suicide During Pregnancy, American J Psychiatry, P M

Marzuk et al., 1997, 154:122-123

6 Induced abortion as an independent risk factor for breast cancer: a

comprehensive review and meta-analysis, J Epidemiology and Community

Health, J Brind et al., 1996, 50:481-496

7 Recent Trends in Breast Cancer Mortality among White and Black US

Women, American J of Public Health, White and Frances Chevarley,

1997, 87:775-781

8 Breast Cancer Trends Incidence, Mortality, and Survival

Cancer, E Sondik, 1994, 74:995-999

'Concise list' of 17 studies that are at least 95% confident that induced

abortion increases breast cancer risk:

1. Segi et al., 1957 2. Rosenberg 1988

3. Nishiyama, 1982 4. Le et al., 1984

5. Ewertz & Duffy, 1988 6. Howe et al., 1989

7. Laing et al., 1993,1994 8. Palmer, et al., 1996

9. Lipworth et al., 1995 10. Rookus & van Leeuwen, 1995

11. Bu et al., 1995 12. Luporsi, 1988

13. Rohan et al., 1988 14. Daling et al., 1994

15. Newcomb et al., 1996 16. Tavani et al., 1996

17. Daling et al., 1996

Informed Consent for ALL women,

Mike Richmond

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