D'OH! WaPo dumps Pinocchios all over Planned Parenthood president's favorite talking point

Doug P. | 2:34 PM on May 29, 2019

In response to abortion laws being passed in certain states, Planned Parenthood, led by that group’s president, have been warning about a SCOTUS challenge to Roe v. Wade and using a certain talking point:

Before Roe v. Wade, thousands of women died every year — and because of extreme attacks on safe, legal abortion care, this could happen again right here in America. #WeWontGoBack https://t.co/9orqLaif0J

— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) April 24, 2019

Is that so?

WaPo Fact-checker gives 4 Pinocchios for often-repeated Planned Parenthood claim that "Thousands of women died every year pre-Roe" due to botched abortions:https://t.co/hh7qPE3Nd1

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) May 29, 2019

Washington Post gave you 4 Pinocchios for this liehttps://t.co/cKsFL8TUW1

— Rambow (@MolecularZombi) May 29, 2019

Planned Parenthood’s spin was too much for even the Washington Post:

New #FactChecker –> Planned Parenthood’s false stat: ‘Thousands’ of women died every year before Roe https://t.co/jziiUNs0kF

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 29, 2019

You hear this claim from Dems and @PPFA all the time, but there's no evidence that "thousands" of women died every year from botched abortions before Roe. Per @GlennKesslerWP https://t.co/IWOn6gtlSL #factsmatter

— Paige W. Cunningham (@pw_cunningham) May 29, 2019