Lies, damn lies and abortion statistics

I REFER to Dan Buckley’s article entitled ‘A case of life or death’ (Irish Examiner, June 30).

Lies, damn lies and abortion statistics
Thu, 10 Jul, 2003 - 01:00

The estimated figures of between 200,000 and 1.2 million induced illegal abortions occurring in the US before Roe v Wade in 1972 would appear on close scrutiny to be very exaggerated.

There is also a question mark over the figures of between 5,000 to 10,000 women dying annually from illegal abortions.

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