Joel Brind

Dr. Joel Brind is a pro-life born again Christian, scientist, and a leading advocate of the abortion-breast cancer hypothesis. He is a professor of biology and endocrinology at Baruch College and critiques abortion-breast cancer studies. Brind was an invitee to the National Cancer Institute's conference on the ABC issue where he filed the minority dissenting comment.

Brind has been mischaracterized by some pro-choice advocates and publications. In Joyce Arthur's article she incorrectly claims Brind believes "miscarriages are caused by a lack of pregnancy hormones." In fact, Brind and reproductive experts are aware miscarriages usually are not caused, but rather are characterized by a lack of hormones. (See also: ABC section) A Women's eNews article states that Brind wrote in a pro-life publication where he implies the term "recall bias" is manufactured. It was actually the evidence from the Rookus study that Brind considered "artificially manufactured."

However, many believe Brind overlooks methological weaknesses of some studies he uses as evidence for an abortion-breast cancer link. Furthermore, medical researchers note Brind overstates his findings since his own research shows a "barely statistically significant" increase in breast cancer rates.