Look up "Hoax" in the dictionary - I do not think it means what you think it means

YOU ARE VISITING THE OLD MALKIN(S)WATCH. THAT'S FANTASTIC. PLEASE VISIT THE NEW MALKIN(S)WATCH WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

Malkin once again goes after the Stassen op-ed, calling it a "hoax" and saying that Stassen has now "retracted his original conclusion that abortion increased in 2 of the 16 states he examined (South Dakota and Wisconsin)."

The real story is that Stassen looked at a new study, more rigorously conducted than his original op-ed, and said:

The data show that the dramatic decline in number of abortions of 90's to 300,000 fewer per year has now stalled almost to a stop. My initial study thought it had actually reversed. We will watch to see what happens in the next few years.

Where Stassen was incorrect appears to be based on incomplete numbers, a fact he admitted from the beginning. So what are we to say about the difference between a decline of 300,000 a year per year, and a decline of 10,000 a year per year? Malkin's post chooses to bash Hillary and Howard. Stassen's memo chooses a different route:

We already know that abortion rates in Belgium and Holland, which have a strong social safety net, are around 6 per 1,000 women of child-bearing age, while the rates in the United States are around 23 or 24. I contend that we have something to learn from Belgium and Holland's more just support for mothers and babies, and their healthcare insurance for all citizens.