"Abortions rising under Bush? Not true," says FactCheck.Org

"Abortions rose under the Bush administration." You may have heard this cited by a few of of our "progressive" bloggers, not to mention Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, and Senator John Kerry. However, FactCheck.org says it's not true, publishing The Biography of a Bad Statistic:

A number of politicians and organizations have been circulating an interesting and surprising idea: that abortions have gone up under George W. Bush's watch.

The claim is repeated by supporters of abortion rights as evidence that Bush's anti-abortion policies have backfired, or at least been ineffective.

But the claim is untrue. In fact, according to the respected Alan Guttmacher Institute, a 20-year decline in abortion rates continued after Bush took office . . .GET THE WHOLE STORY.