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Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on August 18, 2013 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"There are only four countries in the world that ... legalize abortion after five months -- China, North Korea, Canada and the U.S."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • August 22, 2013
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on August 7, 2013 an interview
Under a new law regulating abortions, "Even if you're raped, if you don't report it in the first 30 days, the Republicans will force you to have an ultrasound."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 22, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on July 15, 2013 an opinion article
Says that each year, about 25,000 American women become pregnant through rape or incest.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 15, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on July 20, 2013 a debate.
"Every (personhood) bill I’ve ever support has either had language that says we’re conforming to the constitutional rulings of the Supreme Court or something to that effect."
False
By Sean Gorman • August 11, 2013
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on July 3, 2013 an email blast
Says if Texas abortion measure passes, "someone living in El Paso would have to drive 550 miles each way to San Antonio for something as simple as cervical cancer screening."
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen • July 12, 2013
Rachel Campos-Duffy
Rachel Campos-Duffy
stated on June 12, 2013 an interview
"Upwards of 90 percent" of women seeking an abortion decide not to have an abortion after seeing an ultrasound.
False
July 12, 2013
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on July 14, 2013 an emailed statement
Says proposed anti-abortion legislation "would force women facing the most personal of health decisions to endure a transvaginal ultrasound."
Half-True
By Brandon Blackwell • July 12, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013
Says a growing number of extremely premature babies survive into healthy childhood.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2013
Jonathan Stickland
Jonathan Stickland
stated on July 9, 2013 a tweet
Says Texas has more than 80,000 abortions each year.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • July 10, 2013
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on June 28, 2013 On “The Rachel Maddow Show,” broadcast on MSNBC
Says Ohio budget item later signed into law by Gov. John Kasich requires women seeking an abortion to undergo a  "mandatory vaginal probe."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • July 9, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 1, 2013 a radio interview.
"Abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2013
Sarah Ponder
Sarah Ponder
stated on July 1, 2013 a rally at the state Capitol
Says $800,000 cost of Texas special legislative session would pay for 1.6 million condoms, 90,000 months of the pill or 20 full-time sexual health educators.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • July 3, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013 a speech at National Right to Life convention, Grapevine, Texas.
Says Wendy Davis, "born into difficult circumstances," was the daughter of a single mother and a teenage mother herself.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 28, 2013
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on June 26, 2013 an email blast.
Says unsuccessful Texas abortion legislation "was supported by a majority of" Texans.  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 25, 2013 a filibuster on the Senate floor
Says 92 percent of Texas counties had no abortion provider in 2008.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • June 25, 2013
Jodie Laubenberg
Jodie Laubenberg
stated on June 23, 2013 Texas House debate on Senate Bill 5.
Says a "rape kit" can be used to "clean out" women, "basically like" dilation and curettage.
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • June 24, 2013
Ron Hood
Ron Hood
stated on June 12, 2013 House Bill 200
Says abortion increases the risk of breast cancer.
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • June 24, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on June 12, 2013 a speech.
The state GOP ticket "says their top priority is a career-long mission to outlaw abortion in all cases and ban some common forms of birth control."
False
By Sean Gorman • June 21, 2013
Susan B. Anthony List
Susan B. Anthony List
stated on April 23, 2013 a radio ad.
New Virginia regulations on abortion clinics "provide the same sanitary environment we expect of dental offices."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • April 28, 2013
Charles Van Zant
Charles Van Zant
stated on April 18, 2013 House floor debate on HB 845
"Abortionists have reduced our black population by more than 25 percent since 1973."
False
By Katie Sanders • April 25, 2013
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