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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."

By Henry J. Gomez • July 9, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on July 1, 2013 a radio interview.

"Abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2013

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.

By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • June 24, 2013

Ron Hood
stated on June 12, 2013 House Bill 200

Says abortion increases the risk of breast cancer.

By Tom Feran • June 24, 2013

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."

By Sean Gorman • April 28, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2012 a TV ad

Says Mitt Romney "backed a bill that outlaws all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest."

By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2012

Patrick Johnston
stated on January 30, 2012 a radio interview

Says abortion is "the most common surgery in our country."

By Aaron Marshall • February 15, 2012

Restore Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 a television ad

Says Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 12, 2012

Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2011 an Internet post

Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation."

By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on March 15, 2011 a talk at a conservative think tank

Said Planned Parenthood’s early objective was to "help kill black babies before they came into the world."

By Willoughby Mariano • April 8, 2011

WorldNetDaily
stated on July 10, 2010 a news report

"A U.S. Government Accountability Office report says Planned Parenthood Federation of America cannot find some $1.3 billion given to it by the federal government from 2002 through 2008."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 25, 2011

Rick Santorum
stated on March 7, 2011 a speech to the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition.

"Any child born prematurely, according to the president, in his own words, can be killed."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 10, 2011

Melanie Crozier
stated on July 21, 2010 a Politico article

Karen Handel "would have felt like it was OK to go in and abort" Sarah Palin's son Trig, who has Down syndrome.

By Willoughby Mariano • July 26, 2010

Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2010 a campaign mail piece.

"Bill McCollum has accepted thousands from lobbyists for Planned Parenthood."

By Aaron Sharockman • June 25, 2010

John Carter
stated on March 21, 2010 a press release

"The bill also provides full federal funding for abortions…"

By W. Gardner Selby • March 29, 2010

Republican Party of Texas
stated on January 22, 2010 an e-mail.

"Bill White has presided over the construction of what may be the world's largest abortion clinic."

January 31, 2010

Liberty Counsel
stated on July 29, 2009 a memo on the group's Web site.

Page 992 of the health care bill will "establish school-based 'health' clinics. Your children will be indoctrinated and your grandchildren may be aborted!"

By Catharine Richert • August 7, 2009

Glenn Beck
stated on July 22, 2009 his TV program

John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, "has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population."

July 29, 2009

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