Abortion Disinformation from Senators Dick Durbin, Peter Welch

At the very tail end of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, two Democratic senators defended their support for legal abortion throughout pregnancy. They were responding to Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas), who had noted that support. The senators drew on standard Democratic talking points on this issue. The available evidence runs counter to what they said, and the evidence they cited ranged from dubious to nonexistent.

First up was Peter Welch (D., Vt.), who said, “My understanding is that late-term abortions are very rare, and it’s almost always — really probably always — where there’s a medical emergency and the life of the woman is imperiled.”

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At the very tail end of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, two Democratic senators defended their support for legal abortion throughout pregnancy. They were responding to Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas), who had noted that support. The senators drew on standard Democratic talking points on this issue. The available evidence runs counter to what they said, and the evidence they cited ranged from dubious to nonexistent.

First up was Peter Welch (D., Vt.), who said, “My understanding is that late-term abortions are very rare, and it’s almost always — really probably always — where there’s a medical emergency and the life of the woman is imperiled.”