Joel Brind

Joel L. Brind
Alma mater
Known forAbortion-breast cancer hypothesis
Scientific career
FieldsEndocrinology
InstitutionsBaruch College
ThesisStudies on the androgen-dependent differentiation of cells of the mouse preputial gland : metabolism of testosterone and effects of selected drugs and hormones (1981)
WebsiteBrind's faculty page

Joel Lewis Brind is a professor of human biology and endocrinology at Baruch College, City University of New York and a leading advocate of the abortion-breast cancer hypothesis, which posits that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer.[1] This idea is rejected by mainstream medical professional organizations and there is overwhelming evidence in the peer-reviewed medical literature debunking it.[2][3][4][5][6] Brind is openly contemptuous of mainstream medical professional organizations and journals, accusing them of conducting a deliberate cover-up with the goal of "protecting the abortion industry."[7]

  1. ^ Mooney, Chris (October 2004). "Research and Destroy: How the Religious Right Promotes Its Own 'Experts' to Combat Mainstream Science". Washington Monthly. Archived from the original on April 4, 2008.
  2. ^ "The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion" (PDF). Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
  3. ^ "Is Abortion Linked to Breast Cancer?". American Cancer Society. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. ^ "WHO – Induced abortion does not increase breast cancer risk". who.int. Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  5. ^ 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.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Yeoman, Barry (January 31, 2003). "The scientist who hated abortion". Discover.