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Silent No More Awareness

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The Silent No More Awareness Campaign is an anti-abortion initiative based in the United States and was established in 2003 by Janet Morana, who is the Executive Director of Priests for Life, and Georgette Forney, the President of Anglicans for Life.[1] It operates in collaboration with Priests for Life and Anglicans for Life to raise awareness about the negative impact of abortion.

Position and aims

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The Silent No More Awareness Campaign has previously promoted the disproven abortion–breast cancer hypothesis,[2][3][4][5][6][7] which suggests a connection between abortion and breast cancer.[8] It has joined with other groups in protesting any modifications to the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.[9]

Public notability

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Silent No More marchers at the 2013 March for Life (Washington, D.C.)

Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King Jr., frequently speaks on behalf of Silent No More. King herself has had two abortions and has spoken critically about the link between racism and abortion, referring to them as "evil twins, born of the same lie".[10]

References

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  1. ^ "20 Years of Being Silent No More | Anglicans For Life". Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  2. ^ "WHO – Induced abortion does not increase breast cancer risk". who.int. Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  3. ^ Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems (PDF) (2nd ed.). World Health Organization. 2012. p. 49. ISBN 9789241548434. Sound epidemiological data show no increased risk of breast cancer for women following spontaneous or induced abortion.
  4. ^ "Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk". National Cancer Institute. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Politics & Science – Investigating the State of Science Under the Bush Administration". oversight.house.gov. Archived from the original on November 4, 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Is Abortion Linked to Breast Cancer?". American Cancer Society. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  7. ^ Committee On Gynecologic, Practice (June 2009). "ACOG Committee Opinion No. 434: induced abortion and breast cancer risk". Obstetrics and Gynecology. 113 (6): 1417–8. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181ac067d. PMID 19461458.
  8. ^ "Silent No More Founders: From China, We Can Learn the Truth About Abortion and Breast Cancer - Standard Newswire". www.standardnewswire.com. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  9. ^ Bazelon, Emily (2007-01-21). "Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  10. ^ King, Alveda "The Abortionist's Eye is on Us," http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/20/the-abortionists-eye-is-on-us/ 2009-07-20 Retrieved 2009-08-20
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