Why don't abortions cause cancer?

[Guest guest]

If the trophoblastic theory of cancer is accurate, and cancer cells are

very much like placenta cells, then why don't abortions and

miscarriages cause cancer?

What I am saying is this -- the Beard trophoblastic theory of cancer

says that the placenta stops growing wildly due to pancreatic enzymes

of the fetus at around day 56. But many abortions occur before day 56,

which would leave the placenta to expand without control of the fetus'

pancreas stopping it.

Not to get gross or invoke the whole pro-life or pro-choice debate, but

when abortions occur, the fetus is simply removed from the uterus, is

it not? Isn't the placenta left behind? And according to Beard's

theory (formulated when abortions were probably extremely rare) these

trophoblastic cells should then grow unrestrained into cancer.