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PolitiFact: Is Abortion the Second Most Common Surgery?

KUT News

Last week, Gov. Rick Perry said that abortion was the second most common surgical procedure performed in the United States.

That raised some flags with the fact-checking team at the Austin American-Statesman’s PolitiFact Texas team. They decided to look into Perry’s claim. Find out how the longest serving governor fared on the Truth-O-Meter by listening to the player above.

Emily Donahue is a former grants writer for KUT. She previously served as news director and helped launch KUT’s news department in 2001.
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