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Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on October 14, 2022 a debate
“Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2022
Katie Hobbs
Katie Hobbs
stated on October 9, 2022 an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation
Kari Lake has “gone on the record saying she supports Arizona's complete abortion ban. She's called it a great law.”
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By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 24, 2022 a speech
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade "made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world" on abortion rights.
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By Madison Czopek • June 24, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on June 14, 2022 an ad
Adam Laxalt "wants to restrict" and "worked to limit access to birth control."
Mostly True
June 23, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 5, 2021 a speech in Howell, Mich.
"Thirty years ago, the United States ranked sixth among advanced economies in the share of women in the workforce. You know where we are today? Twenty-three.”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 26, 2021 a proclamation
Women are "disproportionately impacted by voter ID laws — especially married women who change their names, or those whose IDs do not accurately reflect their gender."
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By Amy Sherman • September 7, 2021
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 23, 2021 an interview with WNYC
“We had the highest number of (military) sexual assaults ever reported in the last year” and “we had the lowest conviction rate and the lowest prosecution rate.”
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By Landon Allison, Cassidey Kavathas • March 25, 2021
United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC
United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC
stated on September 15, 2020 a TV ad.
Nick Freitas “voted to let businesses discriminate and fire expecting mothers for no other reason but their pregnancy. ”
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By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 13, 2020 a rally
Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.”
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By Madlin Mekelburg • February 20, 2020
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
stated on November 20, 2019 a tweet
"In Texas, Latinas make less than $0.45 for every dollar a man makes. That makes us 49th in the nation."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • November 27, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on August 19, 2019 a tweet
"In WI, over 79% of Title X patients rely on Planned Parenthood for their basic health care."
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By Mica Soellner • November 8, 2019
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet
"Black women make only around 63 cents while Native American women earn 58 cents, and Hispanic women make just 54 cents in comparison to every dollar a man makes."
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By Garrett Spikes, Rebecca Jerome • May 16, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 16, 2019 a speech.
"Disparities in infant mortality between white America and black America (are) greater today, in 2019,  than in the year 1850..."
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By Warren Fiske • April 23, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on November 12, 2018 a television interview
"Studies even show that when women go to Congress they get more things done - more bipartisan effort, more bills passed."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 16, 2018
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
stated on October 7, 2018 an Instagram post
Says Marsha Blackburn "voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2018
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on May 7, 2018 an online survey
"After Texas cut" its "two-year family planning budget by $73 million, one in four clinics closed their doors."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 14, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on October 6, 2017 a statement
"Women in our state will continue to have cost-free access to reproductive health care"
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By Dan Clark • October 21, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 22, 2017 a town hall in Monett, Mo.
"We’re the only developed nation in the world that doesn’t have paid maternity leave."
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By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • September 28, 2017
Shawn Thierry
Shawn Thierry
stated on June 7, 2017 a press release
"Texas mothers are dying during childbirth at the highest rates in the nation."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 29, 2017
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