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Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on April 8, 2011 a Senate floor speech:
Abortion services are "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2011
Herman Cain
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • April 8, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 29, 2011 a radio interview:
"A third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2011
Wayne Christian
Wayne Christian
stated on March 15, 2011 a press release:
Central Health "is the only hospital district in Texas that spends taxpayer dollars on abortions."
True
March 26, 2011
WorldNetDaily
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 25, 2011
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on March 9, 2011 an article published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Studies have shown that in the absence of federal reproductive health funds, we are going to see the level of abortion in Georgia increase by about 44 percent.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 22, 2011
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on March 16, 2011 comments before a House subcommittee:
Says his bill, HB 97, would prevent the use of taxpayer dollars on abortions.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 17, 2011
Rick Santorum
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • 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
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 10, 2011
Liberal Blogger
Liberal Blogger
stated on February 23, 2011 a blog post:
Under a proposed Georgia law, "women who miscarry could become felons."  
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 2, 2011
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
stated on February 17, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor:
"A miscarriage is considered an abortion."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 1, 2011
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on February 17, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor:
"We have 80,000 abortions in Texas every year."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 18, 2011
Lorraine Fende
Lorraine Fende
stated on January 17, 2011 an interview with The Columbus Dispatch:
Says that in Ohio "right now, you could be 8½ months pregnant and have an abortion for no reason."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • February 4, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 22, 2011 a speech:
Says there have been 50 million abortions since Roe v. Wade was decided.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 1, 2011
Heidi Group
Heidi Group
stated on January 4, 2011 a letter.:
"Following the 2009 session," Texas House Speaker Joe Straus "was acknowledged and ‘thanked’ for his ‘tireless efforts’ by Planned Parenthood, the nation’s premier abortion provider."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 11, 2011
Oregon Right to Life PAC
Oregon Right to Life PAC
stated on December 5, 2010 a newspaper ad:
Oregonians have an "amazing no-cost way to fight abortion" with free political donations
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 10, 2010
Pro-Life Wisconsin
Pro-Life Wisconsin
stated on November 29, 2010 a news release:
In Wisconsin, "6.2 percent of the population is black yet 24 percent of all state abortions are on African-Americans."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 6, 2010
stated on October 28, 2010 a campaign TV ad:
Says "Scott Walker wants to ban common forms of birth control, including the pill."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 1, 2010
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
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 22, 2010 a campaign TV ad:
"In Congress Tom Barrett voted to allow abortions through the ninth month, just moments before the baby is born."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 26, 2010
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