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Stephanie DeSilva
Stephanie DeSilva
stated on January 11, 2012 a news release
"[Mitt] Romney and [Brendan] Doherty certainly have a lot in common, like flip-flopping on abortion -- in Doherty's case, in a little over a week."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 19, 2012
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 27, 2011 tweets
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker eliminated "cancer screenings for uninsured women" and offered "no alternatives."  
Pants on Fire!
January 6, 2012
Kyleen Wright
Kyleen Wright
stated on December 6, 2011 a Twitter message.
Says murder is the chief cause of death for pregnant women.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 26, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on September 28, 2011 a news release
Attacks on Planned Parenthood "come at a time when the poverty rate among women is the highest in nearly two decades and 1 in 5 women under 65 don’t have access to health care."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • November 2, 2011
Edith Ajello
Edith Ajello
stated on October 14, 2011 commentary piece
"Nearly half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended."
True
By Lynn Arditi • October 21, 2011
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on June 14, 2011 a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives
The WIC program "is an incredibly cost effective program, serving nearly 10 million Americans each year and costing less than $100 per person. In my district, more than 18 percent of residents suffer from food insecurity and depend on WIC to make ends meet."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 26, 2011
Roberto DaSilva
Roberto DaSilva
stated on May 25, 2011 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
"Ten percent of violent deaths in the U.S. each year are due to strangulation."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 12, 2011
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on May 11, 2011 a speech at women’s health roundtable discussion
Says six of the state’s 58 family planning centers had to close because of Gov. Chris Christie’s budget cuts.
True
By Erin O'Neill • June 10, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on March 4, 2011 a post on his PAC's website
Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2011
Carol Alvarado
Carol Alvarado
stated on March 2, 2011 remarks on the House floor
Says women who need a sonogram in the eighth to 10th week of pregnancy have to get a transvaginal sonogram.
Mostly True
March 10, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on February 15, 2011 an interview on "The Laura Ingraham Show"
The government will "go out and buy my breast pump for my babies."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 18, 2011
Kevin Rader
Kevin Rader
stated on October 29, 2010 a campaign TV ad
Lizbeth Benacquisto's supporters "would make (abortion) illegal in all cases, including rape, incest, even to save a woman's life."
Mostly True
By Rachel Revehl • October 29, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on October 15, 2010 a TV commercial
Republican candidate for governor Nathan Deal fought to weaken Georgia's rape shield law.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • October 22, 2010
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on October 15, 2010 a direct mail campaign piece
Says "Scott Walker tried to pass a law to allow pharmacists to block women’s access to birth control."
Mostly False
October 18, 2010
Mary Squires
Mary Squires
stated on October 5, 2010 a newspaper interview
Said state insurance commissioner candidate Ralph Hudgens "fights hard" to strip women of life-saving coverage such as mammograms.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • October 12, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 a campaign commercial
Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 a campaign commercial
Daniel Webster "is an advocate for a group that teaches that mothers should not work outside the home."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 a TV ad.
"Webster sponsored a bill to create a form of marriage that would trap women in abusive relationships."
True
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 25, 2010 a TV ad.
Says Daniel Webster wants to make divorce illegal, even for abused wives.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • September 28, 2010
Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson
stated on July 26, 2010 a blog post
Republican candidate for governor Nathan Deal "explicitly voted to fund abortions ..."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 28, 2010
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