Abortion promises to be the elephant in the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Room when they take up a new Supreme Court nominee. No one will talk about it, no nominee will address it, but it's on everyone's minds.
And the fine folks at FactCheck.org say the abortion issue is already being distorted on both sides. They zero in on Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rick Santorum (R-PA).
Sen Boxer claims that if Roe v. Wade is overturned and abortion outlawed in some states, 5,000 women a year will die from botched, illegal abortions. She says that's what happened before Roe v. Wade.
It did happen before Roe v. Wade -- several decades before. The numbers Sen Boxer relies on predate not only Roe, but also the birth control pill and even penicillin. FactCheck.org says the number of deaths resulting from botched abortions would likely be in the hundreds -- not thousands.
Sen Santorum -- in his new book It Takes a Family -- links legalized abortion to modern social ills. The Senator claims suicides among women rose and crime "got worse, much worse" after Roe v. Wade.
But FactCheck.org has the facts: The female suicide rate is one-third lower now than in 1973 and violent crime has dropped 53%, property crime has dropped 69% since Roe. (FactCheck.org)
And the fine folks at FactCheck.org say the abortion issue is already being distorted on both sides. They zero in on Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rick Santorum (R-PA).
Sen Boxer claims that if Roe v. Wade is overturned and abortion outlawed in some states, 5,000 women a year will die from botched, illegal abortions. She says that's what happened before Roe v. Wade.
It did happen before Roe v. Wade -- several decades before. The numbers Sen Boxer relies on predate not only Roe, but also the birth control pill and even penicillin. FactCheck.org says the number of deaths resulting from botched abortions would likely be in the hundreds -- not thousands.
Sen Santorum -- in his new book It Takes a Family -- links legalized abortion to modern social ills. The Senator claims suicides among women rose and crime "got worse, much worse" after Roe v. Wade.
But FactCheck.org has the facts: The female suicide rate is one-third lower now than in 1973 and violent crime has dropped 53%, property crime has dropped 69% since Roe. (FactCheck.org)
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