{"id":128931,"date":"2016-10-20T15:45:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T20:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=128931"},"modified":"2024-09-20T12:21:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:21:06","slug":"washington-post-gets-fact-check-on-trumps-9-month-abortion-answer-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/washington-post-gets-fact-check-on-trumps-9-month-abortion-answer-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post gets “fact check” on Trump’s 9-month abortion answer wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abortion took center stage surprisingly early during last night\u2019s final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton (video<\/a>, transcript<\/a>), with moderator Chris Wallace posing the question of partial-birth abortion to Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s not surprising? That whenever attention is drawn to the abortion movement\u2019s extremism, the media will lie about it. Washington Post \u201cfact-checker\u201d Glenn Kessler took issue<\/a> with Trump\u2019s statement, \u201cin the ninth month you can take the baby and rip the baby right out of the womb, just prior to the birth of the baby,\u201d claiming \u201c[t]hat doesn\u2019t really happen\u201d:<\/p>\n

Most abortions take place early in the pregnancy. One-third take place at six weeks of pregnancy or earlier; 89 percent occur in the first 12 weeks, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights. Only 1.2 percent of abortions\u2014about 12,000 a year\u2013 take place after 21 weeks. (The Supreme Court has held that states may not prohibit abortions \u201cnecessary to preserve the life or health\u201d of the mother.)<\/p>\n

On top of that, Guttmacher says that 43 states already prohibit some abortions after a certain point in pregnancy, such as fetal viability, in the third trimester or after a certain number of weeks. So this is already a rare procedure that is prohibited in much of the country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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