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Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2025 a press conference

“There's no downside” to avoiding Tylenol or acetaminophen use while pregnant.

By Madison Czopek • September 23, 2025

JD Vance
stated on July 28, 2024 an interview

Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2019 a Facebook post

Says that in 1770 "British parliament banned lipstick, saying it had the power to seduce men into marriage, which was classified as witchcraft."

By Samantha Putterman • October 25, 2019

Feministing
stated on June 21, 2017 a web post

"Missouri Votes to Let Employers Fire People Who Use Birth Control."

By Carolina Vargas, Emma Diltz • September 27, 2017

Bloggers
stated on January 24, 2017 a blog post

Say George Soros's money "went straight into the (Women’s March) protesters’ pockets."

By Jon Greenberg • January 25, 2017

Pat Robertson
stated on November 8, 2016 a TV broadcast.

Margaret Sanger "wanted a black Christian leader to be like a Judas goat and lead the blacks to genocide. Remember that? And they picked Martin Luther King as their spokesman."

By Warren Fiske • November 14, 2016

Conservative Daily Post
stated on November 1, 2016 a posting on the Internet

"FBI confirms evidence of huge underground Clinton sex network."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 4, 2016

Priorities USA Action
stated on May 16, 2016 a television ad

Says Donald Trump said of women, "And you can tell them to go f--- themselves."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 2, 2016 an interview on CNN's "New Day"

"Frankly, (Hillary Clinton) doesn’t do very well with women."

By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2016

Jason Chaffetz
stated on September 29, 2015 a Congressional hearing.

In 2006, Planned Parenthood performed more prevention services and cancer screenings than abortions, but in 2013, there were more abortions.

By Linda Qiu • October 1, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on August 25, 2015 remarks at a town hall in Colorado

Planned Parenthood is "not actually doing women’s health issues."

By Lauren Carroll • August 26, 2015

Harry Reid
stated on July 29, 2015 a Senate floor speech

Planned Parenthood is "the only health care that a significant number of women get. About 30 percent of women, that's their health care."

By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2015

Leticia Van de Putte
stated on October 15, 2014 a video ad

"In 2013," Dan Patrick voted "against funding to test the backlog of rape kits, allowing rapists to walk free."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 17, 2014

Lois Frankel
stated on September 12, 2014 a fundraising email

Recently Rick Scott "closed 30 women’s health care centers across the state."

By Amy Sherman • September 18, 2014

Oxfam Ireland
stated on July 22, 2014 an info-graphic tweet

Women "own just 1 percent of the world’s land."

By Jon Greenberg • August 5, 2014

For Our Daughters RI
stated on January 2, 2014 an online petition

"Earlier this year, [John DePetro] was accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 5, 2014

Democratic Governors Association
stated on October 24, 2013 an email blast

"Texas Governor Rick Perry’s voter ID law is a blatant effort to defeat Wendy Davis by disenfranchising tens of thousands of women voters."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 31, 2013

Rachel Maddow
stated on June 28, 2013 On “The Rachel Maddow Show,” broadcast on MSNBC

Says Ohio budget item later signed into law by Gov. John Kasich requires women seeking an abortion to undergo a "mandatory vaginal probe."

By Henry J. Gomez • July 9, 2013

Lauren Benedict
stated on June 19, 2013 a Georgia's WIN List press release

U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey wants public schools to teach women to "stay in their place."

By Janel Davis • June 26, 2013

Graeme Zielinski
stated on March 8, 2012 a tweet

Says the Wisconsin Republican Party tweeted "Happy International Women's Day! You ladies should get paid less and not be able to make health care decisions."

By James B. Nelson • March 28, 2012

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