Ben Goldacre: Minority out of control - The Guardian 3rd November 2007

Parliamentary select committees are one of the few places where you can see politicians sitting down and doing the kind of thing you'd actually want them to do, like thinking carefully about policy. This week the science and technology committee delivered its report on scientific developments relating to the Abortion Act, and even as a man with a very low boredom threshold, I genuinely recommend reading it for pleasure: because it is a masterclass in spotting fallacious science, and that is exactly what was offered up, in spades, by the anti-abortion activists who gave evidence. Here is an excellent example, on the question of abortion and breast cancer risk, in which a parliamentary document explains to you the importance of choosing the correct control group.

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