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Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Mark Udall
Mark Udall
stated on April 21, 2014 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
February 9, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 5, 2014 various statements
On abortion
Half Flip
By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2014
Patty Murray
Patty Murray
stated on January 22, 2014 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 a news conference.
"I’ve never supported legislation that invades people’s choices about contraception."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • September 16, 2013
BookerFail
BookerFail
stated on August 23, 2013 a U.S. Senate campaign video ad
Says Cory Booker "supports late-term and partial-birth abortion and opposes safety regulations."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • September 1, 2013
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