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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1546
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By House Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Representatives Casada, Goldsmith, Padden, Stevens, Boldt, Sherstad, Johnson, Fuhrman, Backlund, McMahan, D. Schmidt and Koster)
Read first time 03/01/95.
AN ACT Relating to reducing incidents of breast cancer linked to abortion; and creating new sections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that there is a serious problem of increasing incidents of breast cancer in the United States; and that virtually every known risk factor for breast cancer involves elevated levels of estrogen.
The legislature further finds that the first trimester of pregnancy is a time of very high estrogen concentrations in a woman's body, and that although abortion before the first live birth has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer in over twenty published articles in reputable journals, more information is required to assess and act upon these findings.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The department of health shall contract with a recognized regional cancer research institution to provide a summary of research that links spontaneous and induced abortion to breast cancer and report its findings to appropriate committees of the house of representatives and the senate by December 12, 1995.
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