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Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 30, 2014 in an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival:
"A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception … is not going to get that service through her employer’s health care plan because her employer doesn’t think she should be using contraception."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2014
Mark Udall
Mark Udall
stated on April 21, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says Cory Gardner "championed an eight-year crusade to outlaw birth control here in Colorado."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • April 25, 2014
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on March 21, 2014 in an email blast:
"In 2005, Dan Branch tried to expand third-trimester abortions in Texas."
False
By Sue Owen • April 24, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 20, 2014 in a TV interview:
Says he hasn’t changed his view on abortion restrictions.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 24, 2014
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on March 25, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Jansing & Co.":
"Women take birth control, more than half of them, as a medication for other conditions."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • March 26, 2014
Ralph Reed
Ralph Reed
stated on March 9, 2014 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press":
Millennials are "more pro-life than baby boomers and older Americans."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2014
American Life League
American Life League
stated on February 4, 2014 in an email blast:
Girl Scouts USA’s curriculum "promotes Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, Betty Friedan, founder of NARAL Prochoice, and other pro-abortion women as icons for our children to emulate."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 13, 2014
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on December 6, 2013 in an interview with Texas Monthly:
The "U.S. has the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any Western industrialized country."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2014
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on January 19, 2014 in an email:
A bill backed by Sean Duffy and other House Republicans "could actually require the Internal Revenue Service to conduct audits of rape victims" who get an abortion.  
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 9, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 5, 2014 in various statements:
On abortion
Half Flip
By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2014
Patty Murray
Patty Murray
stated on January 22, 2014 in an online statement:
In the past three years, state legislatures have "enacted more of these restrictions (on abortion) than in the previous 10 years combined."
True
By Julie Kliegman • January 24, 2014
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on December 31, 2013 in an article posted on the group’s website:
"State Rep. Kathleen Peters has a 100 percent pro-abortion voting record – even voting against a ban on sex-selection abortions."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • January 9, 2014
Hilary Rosen
Hilary Rosen
stated on November 10, 2013 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Chris Christie "vetoed Planned Parenthood funding five times over the course of his governorship."  
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • November 10, 2013
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on October 2, 2013 in a news release:
Gov. Lincoln Chafee has imposed "a mandatory abortion fee" on all Rhode Islanders who buy health insurance through the state’s Obamacare exchange.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2013
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on October 3, 2013 in an audio recording described as a radio ad:
"Wendy Davis opposes any limits on abortion."
False
By Sue Owen • October 22, 2013
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on October 29, 2013 in an interview on a Lubbock radio station:
Says David Dewhurst "went out for drinks" during Senate debate on abortion bill.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 7, 2013
Anita Perry
Anita Perry
stated on September 28, 2013 in an interview at the Texas Tribune Festival:
Only "four countries in the world… allow abortions after 20 weeks" of pregnancy.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2013
Oregon 2014
Oregon 2014
stated on September 17, 2013 in online campaign materials:
"In fiscal year 2011-2012, 4,191 abortions were paid for by taxpayers via the Oregon Health Plan."
True
By Janie Har • September 24, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 17, 2013 in a TV ad.:
"Cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal, even in cases of rape and incest, even to protect a woman’s health."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • September 19, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 27, 2013 in a news conference.:
"I’ve never supported legislation that invades people’s choices about contraception."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • September 16, 2013
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