Deny the Lie: Abortion rates DROP under President Bush's administration

Eve Tushnet relays this news via Amy Welborn. It appears that all the hype about abortions on the rise during GWBs term is all that--hype! Apparently, an opinion columnist used research sampling from perhaps 16 states and projected it for the entire country. The trouble is the organization from which he drew his research contradicted him, as the graph shows.

And when did this hype job first hit the media? October, 2004. How convenient.

Truth in proposition from even seamless-garment-inspired prolife activists is required of Christians. Seeing a problem that isn't there because one's politics wish it were so leads responsible people to irresponsibly see their own issues rather than the truth. I hope that was this columnists case. I shudder to think of what else it could be...