Feinstein: 1.2 Million Women Died from Illegal Abortions?
The California Democrat made the comment Wednesday during the confirmation hearing on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Speaking about abortion, Feinstein falsely claimed between “200,000 and 1.2 million” women died from illegal abortions prior to Roe v. Wade.
“Deaths from illegal abortions in this country ran between 200,000 and 1.2 million … so, a lot of women died in that period,” Feinstein claimed. “I don’t want to go back to those death tolls in this country.”
LifeNews quickly fact-checked Feinstein’s comments. But surprisingly at least two mainstream media outlets also called out her error.
The Associated Press reports Feinstein “vastly overstated” the number of women who died in illegal abortions prior to Roe v. Wade, while USA Today described her comment as “dramatically exaggerated.”...