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The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Feinstein’s shocking statistics misrepresent the abortion debate

Illustration of Brett Kavanaugh
Amid a heavily distorted debate, the anti-abortion position is gleaning its first light.
Logan Zeppieri, Opinions Editor • September 10, 2018

On Sep. 5, Sen. Dianne Feinstein began probing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s position on Roe v. Wade by providing shocking statistics. “In the last two decades before Roe,” Feinstein said, “deaths from illegal abortions in this country ran between 200,000 and 1.2 million,” per...