in 2014, a pro-life politician, senator mike fair, brought this terminology into the political domain, during a debate in the south carolina state senate. the debate was over a proposed bill which would ban abortions past 20 weeks. fair said, "this holocaust of our making in our country is 60 million and counting," referring to the estimated number abortions performed since "roe vs wade" legalized abortion in the us. fair also said hitler believed "because you're a jew you had no right to live. in essence, some people are more qualified to live than others. and that's what we're saying here", referring to abortion. this sparked an outcry from senator joel lourie, who is jewish. lourie said, "we can debate science and medicine and personhood all day long. but when 6 million people, men, women and children, are dragged into gas chambers, i don’t think that's an appropriate comparison." fair responded with, "six million, it shouldn’t have been one, for crying out loud. six million is incredibly horrible, what they endured. but those 60 million taken out of the womb will never have a chance to be dragged into anything. they’re gone." fair has also compared planned parenthood to hitler.