Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

Clear
stated on November 6, 2025 X post
“Evidence suggests that 1 in 25 women who consume (abortion) pills are hospitalized.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • November 14, 2025
WinSenate
WinSenate
stated on September 3, 2024 a Meta ad
“Dave McCormick is fully against abortion.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • October 12, 2024
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on September 9, 2024 a television ad
Laurie Buckhout is “trying to get to Congress to pass a national abortion ban, allowing politicians to ban abortions with no exceptions and prosecute women if they get an abortion, treating women right here like criminals.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 1, 2024
Elissa Slotkin
Elissa Slotkin
stated on September 30, 2024 a Meta ad
U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “believes he should make that decision” about whether to end pregnancies.
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • September 30, 2024
Vote No on 4
Vote No on 4
stated on September 10, 2024 a TV ad
“Unlike other amendments, Amendment 4 has no definitions. … Without definitions these words can mean almost anything.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2024
Yes on 4
Yes on 4
stated on September 10, 2024 a TV ad
Florida’s six-week abortion law has “no real exceptions. Not for her health. Not even for rape.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 13, 2024
Jon Tester
Jon Tester
stated on September 8, 2024 a Facebook ad
Tim Sheehy “would let politicians like him ban abortion, with no exceptions for rape or to save a woman’s life, and criminalize women.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2024
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on August 7, 2024 TV ad
Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick “wants to outlaw abortions.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • August 15, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 1, 2024 a campaign event
Former President Donald Trump told Time magazine that “states should monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • May 3, 2024
Stephen King
Stephen King
stated on April 15, 2024 an X post
“The 1864 Arizona law forbidding abortions, upheld by the State Supreme Court, also sets the age of consent for females at 10 years.”
Mostly False
April 19, 2024
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on January 7, 2024 TV interview
“The law in Wisconsin (on abortion time limit) is 20 weeks. That is way outside the international bounds.”
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • February 9, 2024
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on December 15, 2023 a TikTok
“Almost a million people, mostly Democrats, have been kicked off the voter roll here in Florida” because of efforts to place a proposed amendment on abortion access on the state’s 2024 ballot.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 5, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 25, 2023 an ad
Video shows Donald Trump believes “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 19, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on June 23, 2023 a speech
“The fact is, today abortion law in the United States is more aligned with China and North Korea than with Western nations in Europe.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • July 5, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 12, 2023 an Instagram post
“The abortion pill has been linked to the deaths of at least 28 women in the U.S. alone.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • April 26, 2023
Aaron Rouse
Aaron Rouse
stated on December 23, 2022 a TV ad.
“Kevin Adams wants to ban abortion.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • January 5, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 31, 2022 a post
California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • November 7, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 6, 2022 News release
“Mandela Barnes came out in favor of abortion up until the moment of birth.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • October 20, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on October 9, 2022 an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation
“Katie Hobbs voted for allowing a baby who survives an abortion — that the hospital would refuse medical care and allow the baby to die on a cold metal tray.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2022
California Together, No On Proposition 1
California Together, No On Proposition 1
stated on August 16, 2022 comments on its website
“With Proposition 1, the number of abortion seekers from other states will soar even higher, costing taxpayers millions more.”
Mostly False
By Rachel Bluth • September 21, 2022
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