Third Trimester Abortions 1.3% (8,296) 7 Times Mass Shooting Deaths since 1966

BUTTIGIEG’S ‘1%’ OF THIRD TRIMESTER ABORTIONS IN A YEAR IS SEVEN TIMES MORE THAN ALL MASS SHOOTING DEATHS SINCE 1966

 

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg downplayed the estimated “less than 1%” of abortions that occur each year in the third trimester during a town hall debate Sunday on Fox News.

However, the number of abortions the mayor of South Bend, Indiana was referring to represents more than seven times the combined deaths from mass shootings in America since 1966.

“Just to be clear, you’re saying that you would be okay with a woman well into third trimester deciding to abort her pregnancy?” asked Fox News host Chris Wallace during their discussion of the topic.

“These hypotheticals are usually set up in order to provoke a strong emotional [reaction],” replied Buttigieg.

“In fairness, there are 6,000 women a year who get abortions in the third trimester,” said Wallace, pressing.

“That’s right, representing less than 1% of cases,” said Buttigieg. 

The South Bend mayor was close.

In reality, 1.3% of abortions happened during the third trimester in 2015,

 according to CDC statistics. Of the 638,169 legal induced abortions that year, 1.3% of those represents 8,296 abortions, well over the 6,000 Wallace presented.

By contrast, 

there were 1,153 people killed in mass shootings in the United States from August 1, 1966 to February 2019,

 according to The Washington Post, a fact first pointed out via Twitter by the account AG_Conservative.

(((AG)))@AG_Conservative

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Insane. Only 13% of Americans support abortions being legal in the third trimester. A larger percentage of Americans support abortion being illegal in all cases.

And yet, every major Dem candidate takes that position and we see relative silence from the press.

Sahil Kapur

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In a Fox News town hall, Democrat @PeteButtigieg says he doesn’t want the government to restrict abortion at any stage of pregnancy.

“I trust women to draw the line.”

(((AG)))@AG_Conservative

Worth noting that 1.3% represents anywhere from 8500-12000 viable babies EACH YEAR. The TOTAL number of mass shooting victims from 1966 to February of this year is 1,153, and we are consistently told that is an epidemic. https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1130251199322710016 …

Sahil Kapur

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Replying to @sahilkapur

Buttigieg alludes to the fact that 1.3% of abortions are performed after 20 weeks, per CDC 2015 stats.https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/data_stats/abortion.htm …

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The abortion numbers vary each year, but are higher than the “epidemic” of mass shooting deaths.