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Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina made a grand display of righteous indignation on CNN during a discussion about abortion on Sunday.
The senator repeated claims that Democrats support elective abortion at birth – a claim that medical experts say is false.
"What the Democratic Party proposes on abortion is barbaric. Abortion up to the moment of birth, taxpayer-funded," Graham, a Republican, told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union."
But that's not true.
Shortly before the US Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, Democratic lawmakers proposed legislation that would allow abortion after fetal viability when — and only when — doctors believe continuing the pregnancy would pose a risk to the pregnant patient's life. Such a scenario is exceedingly rare, and at no point have Democrats widely supported abortion "at the moment of birth."
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That proposed legislation followed the precedent set by Roe v. Wade, which allowed abortion up to the point of viability (or around 24 weeks of gestation when a fetus might survive outside the uterus) with few exceptions, CNN's Bash pointed out.
That prompted an emotional outcry from Graham.
"No, that's no – no, no, quit covering for these guys. No, no, no. Media, you keep covering for these guys. They introduced legislation that allowed abortion...
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