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Ora Houston
Ora Houston
stated on September 8, 2015 an Austin City Council meeting about the city budget
"HIV/AIDS among women is skyrocketing in Austin."
False
By Mary Ann Roser • October 2, 2015
Jason Chaffetz
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.
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • October 1, 2015
Ruth's List Florida
Ruth's List Florida
stated on September 22, 2015 an email to voters
"Twenty-six men named William have been elected to statewide office and only seven women have had the honor."  
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 28, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 22, 2015 an interview with Fox's "The Kelly File"
There is not "one of the Muslim nations" that doesn't have "discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, subjugation of other religious beliefs."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 25, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 25, 2015 a tweet
"After Texas defunded Planned Parenthood, both the unintended pregnancy and abortion rates dropped."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 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."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 25, 2015 remarks at a town hall in Colorado
Planned Parenthood is "not actually doing women’s health issues."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • August 26, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 9, 2015 a Meet the Press interview
"Some of the things that (Megyn Kelly) said, I didn’t say."
False
By Will Cabaniss • August 10, 2015
Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee
stated on August 9, 2015 a panel discussion on "Meet the Press"
"The Republican presidential nominee hasn’t won women since 1988."
True
By Linda Qiu • August 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 3, 2015 a video
Says Scott Walker's defunding of Planned Parenthood "left women across the state stranded with nowhere else to turn" for cancer screenings, breast exams and birth control.
Half-True
August 7, 2015
Harry Reid
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on July 17, 2015 a meme on Facebook
"House Republicans just passed a bill that makes it legal for single mothers to be fired by their employers."
False
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 28, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 15, 2015 an interview
If women seeking an abortion see their ultrasound, "the odds are pretty high they're going to keep the baby."
Mostly False
July 22, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 3, 2015 an interview
Says Scott Walker's views on abortion are more restrictive "than any Republican president in recent times."
True
July 16, 2015
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on June 30, 2015 a Facebook meme
Says Chris Christie "vetoed equal pay for women 3 times. He only let the bill pass once it became a damaging campaign issue."
Mostly False
By Keely Herring • July 13, 2015
Tom Toles
Tom Toles
stated on June 18, 2015 an editorial cartoon
A "working woman" will earn $7.70 on $10.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • July 10, 2015
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on June 18, 2015 a TV ad
Says Scott Walker "said that forcing women facing abortion to get invasive ultrasounds was 'just a cool thing.'"
Mostly False
June 24, 2015
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on June 15, 2015 a website post
"More than half of women under 30 who give birth do so outside of marriage..."  
True
By Sean Gorman • June 22, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 15, 2015 his announcement speech at Miami Dade College
Says Hillary Clinton "insists that when the progressive agenda encounters religious beliefs to the contrary, those beliefs ‘have to be changed.’ "
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2015
Rebecca Quigley
Rebecca Quigley
stated on May 14, 2015 a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.
"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2015
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