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The article comments on a study published in the November 4, 1995 issue of the "Journal of the National Cancer Institute," which states that there is a significant overall increase in breast cancer among women in the U.S. who had one or more induced abortions. The attack on the study began with a debunking editorial in the same issue by Boston epidemiologist Lynn Rosenberg. He said neither a coherent body of knowledge nor a convincing biologic mechanism has been established.

The article offers the author's insights on several study by Patrick Carroll, head of the Pension and Population Research Institute (PAPRI), on abortion and breast cancer statistics such as in Great Britain and United States. Topics mentioned include the study which reveals the prevalence of breast cancer among wealthier and highly educated women, the abortion rates in England and Wales, and the safety of abortion to women.

Reports on issues surrounding the findings of the study "Abortion in Women's Lives," which disproves the link between induced abortion and the risk of breast cancer, conducted by the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) in the U.S. Indications of the decline in the credibility of AGI studies; Implication of the acknowledgment of the flaws of the study by its authors; Failure of the research to mention a review of definitive studies that disprove the abortion-breast cancer link.