Senators Ron Johnson and Rand Paul released documents claiming a 12.6% miscarriage rate for pregnant women who received the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Badlands MediaAug 11, 2026
The 12.6% figure is real: the 2021 NEJM preliminary study reported 104 miscarriages out of 827 completed pregnancies, and the claim it was used to support was debunked. But sources do not show that the senators' released documents claimed 12.6%.
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… many people have significant cytokines, cytokines, cytokines, cytokine storm and fever after the second dose, this is theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester. That's not all. That is not all. This is from Katie Pavlich: the mandated, doctor recommended COVID-19 shot for pregnant women was effectively an abortion shot, according to new documents just released by Senators Johnson and Paul. Quote, the authors claimed a miscarriage rate of 12.6%. That alone should be enough to not give this, this jab to pregnant women. However, the raw data revealed an 82% miscarriage rate in women vaccinated during the first trimester. …
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Contradicts. PolitiFact rates the 82% miscarriage figure as false, saying Johnson misrepresented the 2021 study's data, and that numerous studies show no heightened miscarriage risk from the vaccine.[1]
Context. CNN reports that the 12.6% figure comes from the 2021 preliminary NEJM study of vaccinated pregnant women (104 spontaneous abortions out of 827 completed pregnancies), and that this rate is comparable to the 10–20% average miscarriage rate.[4]
Context. Reuters' 2021 fact check said posts had taken figures from that study's table out of context and that the calculations based on it were flawed, since they used only part of the participants.[2]
Context. FactCheck.org reports that the senators' Aug. 10 release juxtaposed a single Fauci text about a theoretical miscarriage concern with his public comments, but it does not report that the released documents stated a 12.6% rate.[3]
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- 1No, COVID-19 vaccines don't increase miscarriage ratespolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Fact Check: Data from a study does not conclude that over 80% ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Republicans Revive False Miscarriage Statistic, Twist Fauci's Texts About COVID-19 Shotsfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4False claims about miscarriage risk from Covid-19 ...us.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: context
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- Senator Ron Johnson stated that Dr. Fauci was concerned in January 2021 that the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine could be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester.True
- A study on COVID-19 vaccination during the first trimester of pregnancy revealed an 82% miscarriage rate.False
- Anthony Fauci knew that pregnant women had a higher rate of miscarriage from taking the COVID-19 vaccine.False
- Raw data revealed an 82% miscarriage rate in women vaccinated during the first trimester.False
- Pfizer 5.3.6 post-market data noted an 81% miscarriage rate.Mixed