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Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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John O'Bannon
stated on February 1, 2016 in a constituent survey:

Says "some Planned Parenthood chapters have been selling the body parts of aborted fetuses for profit."

False

By Warren Fiske • February 8, 2016

Sarah Palin
stated on February 1, 2016 in an interview on CNN:

Says Donald Trump's conversion to pro-life beliefs are akin to Justin Bieber's, who said in the past that abortion "was no big deal to him."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016

EMILY's List
stated on December 31, 2015 in a fundraising email:

As part of legislative fights over abortion rights, "Mike Coffman co-sponsored a bill to redefine rape."

Mostly True

By Alan Gathright • February 3, 2016

Carly Fiorina
stated on January 20, 2016 in an Iowa Right to Life event in Des Moines:

The United States has a "record number of abortions year after year after year."

False

By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2016

Tarina Keene
stated on January 13, 2016 in a news conference:

More than 100,000 women in Texas "have attempted to self-induce abortion in the past year alone."

False

By Warren Fiske • January 19, 2016

Wendy Davis
stated on January 4, 2016 in a legal brief:

"One in every three women has an abortion during her lifetime."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 19, 2016

Cecile Richards
stated on December 15, 2015 in an interview by actress Lena Dunham:

"More than 60 percent of people in America support Planned Parenthood and only 11 percent approve of Congress."

Mostly True

By Emma Hinchliffe • January 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on December 1, 2015 in a post on her campaign website:

"Ted Cruz tried to ban contraception" five times.

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2015

Cynthia Meyer
stated on November 14, 2015 in a tweet in response to Democratic presidential debate:

"More black babies are aborted in NYC than born."

True

By Lauren Caruba • November 25, 2015

Jennifer Granholm
stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Marco Rubio opposes abortion "even in the case of rape and incest."

Mostly True

By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • October 25, 2015

Dan Patrick
stated on October 19, 2015 in an interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox News:

Planned Parenthood is "nothing more than a referral service. … They don’t do anything except profit from killing babies and then selling body parts of those aborted babies."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • October 22, 2015

Gwen Moore
stated on September 29, 2015 in a speech:

"60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded."

True

By Tom Kertscher • October 14, 2015

Sean Duffy
stated on September 18, 2015 in a speech:

"Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2015

John Stemberger
stated on September 22, 2015 in a letter to Gov. Rick Scott:

Planned Parenthood has "now (been) found to also illegally sell baby parts."

False

By Joshua Gillin • October 7, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on September 30, 2015 in a campaign stop in Exeter, N.H:

Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger "believed that people like me should be eliminated."

False

By Clay Wirestone • October 5, 2015

Dana Loesch
stated on September 29, 2015 in a tweet:

Says Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards was "forced to concede that 86 percent of Planned Parenthood’s revenue is from abortion."

False

By Katie Sanders • October 5, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on September 30, 2015 in an interview on Fox News' "Hannity":

Planned Parenthood "is an organization that funnels millions of dollars in political contributions to pro-abortion candidates."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2015

Jason Chaffetz
stated on September 29, 2015 in 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

Tom Cole
stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

"There’s no money" for Planned Parenthood in the bill that would keep the government open.

True

By Lauren Carroll • September 29, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate:

One of the Planned Parenthood videos shows "a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, 'We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.' "

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2015

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