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Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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The Family Foundation
The Family Foundation
stated on May 14, 2015 in a Facebook post.:
"The United States is one of only seven nations that allows elective abortions after 20 weeks post-fertilization."
True
By Warren Fiske • May 26, 2015
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The Hyde Amendment "language was in the (human trafficking) bill. The Democratic sponsor admits it was in the bill, and she voted for it."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 19, 2015
William O'Brien
William O'Brien
stated on February 8, 2015 in a Facebook post:
Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger was "an active participant in the Ku Klux Klan."
False
By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2015
Bishop Thomas Tobin
Bishop Thomas Tobin
stated on January 22, 2015 in a newspaper column:
"Abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood."
False
By Katie Mulvaney • March 2, 2015
Miscellany Blue
Miscellany Blue
stated on January 15, 2015 in a web post:
Says a "lawmaker seeks to defund Planned Parenthood for ‘cutting children into small pieces.’"
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • February 6, 2015
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on December 5, 2014 in an email blast:
University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2014
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 24, 2014 in an interview:
Attorney general candidate Brad Schimel "is in cahoots with Wisconsin Right to Life to make abortion a crime in Wisconsin."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 31, 2014
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on October 29, 2014 in a television ad:
"If Cory Gardner gets his way, you'd better stock up on condoms."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2014
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on October 21, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Scott Walker is "forcing some women to undergo a transvaginal probe to get an abortion."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on October 15, 2014 in a video ad:
"In 2013," Dan Patrick voted "against funding to test the backlog of rape kits, allowing rapists to walk free."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 17, 2014
The Rhode Island Catholic
The Rhode Island Catholic
stated on October 2, 2014 in a newspaper editorial:
Almost every state has offered an insurance plan on its health exchange that does not cover abortion.
True
By Alex Kuffner • October 17, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 7, 2014 in an ad:
"In Massachusetts, Scott Brown pushed for a law to force women considering abortion -- force them -- to look at color photographs of developing fetuses."
Mostly True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 10, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 1, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott signed "laws requiring mandatory ultrasounds and restricting access to abortion even in cases of rape or incest."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2014
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2014 in a debate:
Says personhood legislation she sponsored would not have restricted access to reproductive services and was "simply a statement that I support life."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • September 30, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 9, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott "thinks employers should be able to deny women coverage for birth control."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 11, 2014
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on August 21, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"Cory Gardner is sponsoring a bill to ban all abortions right now."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • August 28, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on July 26, 2014 in a debate.:
Ed Gillespie "supports a personhood amendment."
False
By Sean Gorman • August 4, 2014
Michael Eric Dyson
Michael Eric Dyson
stated on July 9, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Ed Show":
"Teenage births cost Texas taxpayers $1.1 billion in health care, foster care and lost tax revenue in 2010 alone."  
Half-True
By Derek Tsang • July 15, 2014
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 6, 2014 in interview on ABC's "This Week":
Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision.
False
By Lauren Carroll • July 8, 2014
Justin Amash
Justin Amash
stated on July 1, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"Justin Amash is rated Michigan’s No. 1 conservative" by National Right to Life.
False
By Steve Contorno • July 7, 2014
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