Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Susan Crawford
Susan Crawford
stated on February 9, 2025 TV interview
Wisconsin does not “require judges to automatically recuse just because they have done some kind of legal work in the past as a lawyer.”
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By Hope Karnopp • February 19, 2025
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 25, 2024 an interview
“JD Vance actually sent a letter last year to the Department of Justice saying, ‘enforce the Comstock Act.’”
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By Samantha Putterman • August 30, 2024
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 21, 2024 TV interview
"(The) top issue for college students is the economy."
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By Hope Karnopp • February 2, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on January 22, 2024 a speech
“Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.”
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By Samantha Putterman • January 30, 2024
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on June 13, 2022 Campaign email
“Wisconsin's archaic abortion ban is older than 20 states."
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By Laura Schulte • June 22, 2022
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on May 8, 2022 TV interview
Because of U.S. Senate rules, Democrats need "more than a majority ... to codify Roe vs. Wade."
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By D.L. Davis • May 11, 2022
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
stated on May 3, 2022 a news conference
When the New York State Senate voted to legalize abortion in 1970, 12 Republican senators voted in favor of it.
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 7, 2022
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on April 16, 2019 the Texas House
"There have been zero reported instances of any child born alive after an abortion in Texas."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • April 18, 2019
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 28, 2017 a press conference
"I personally am pro-choice. I always have been. And I made no qualms about that when I was elected governor."
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By Matt Dietrich • October 10, 2017
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on April 30, 2017 a town hall meeting
"Planned Parenthood is the biggest abortion provider in the country."
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By Dave Umhoefer • May 15, 2017
Carolyn Maloney
Carolyn Maloney
stated on March 16, 2017 remarks on the House floor
"More than half of Planned Parenthood facilities are in rural or medically underserved areas."  
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March 24, 2017
Colleen Deacon
Colleen Deacon
stated on September 10, 2016 remarks at a campaign office opening for Hillary Clinton
Says Rep. John Katko "promised he wouldn’t vote to defund Planned Parenthood and since he’s been in office he’s done that four times"
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By Dan Clark • October 5, 2016
Jacky Rosen
Jacky Rosen
stated on July 20, 2016 a press release.
Says "Danny Tarkanian … wants to defund Planned Parenthood and would outlaw a woman's right to choose, even in cases of rape or incest."
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By Riley Snyder • August 4, 2016
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate
Says he "was the only Republican" to vote against creating a House panel to investigate Planned Parenthood.
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By Joshua Gillin • April 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 14, 2016 a Democratic debate in Brooklyn
In nine Democratic debates, "We've not had one question about a woman's right to make her own decisions about reproductive health care, not one question."  
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By Amy Sherman • April 15, 2016
Cynthia Meyer
Cynthia Meyer
stated on November 14, 2015 a tweet in response to Democratic presidential debate
"More black babies are aborted in NYC than born."
True
By Lauren Caruba • November 25, 2015
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 29, 2015 a speech
"60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded."
True
October 14, 2015
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on September 27, 2015 an interview on Fox News Sunday
"There’s no money" for Planned Parenthood in the bill that would keep the government open.
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By Lauren Carroll • September 29, 2015
Joe Pojman
Joe Pojman
stated on July 28, 2015 addressing a rally outside the Texas Capitol
"The State of Texas is funding … women’s health services at historically high levels; they just increased their level another $50 million for the next two years."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on August 6, 2015 the first Republican presidential debate
Says Donald Trump has "changed his mind" on abortion.
True
By Jon Greenberg • August 11, 2015
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