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Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Republican Party of Texas
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."
Pants on Fire!
January 31, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "voted to continue Roe v. Wade."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 27, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 28, 2009 a chain e-mail
The House health care bill provides for "free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession."
False
January 21, 2010
Harold Ford Jr.
Harold Ford Jr.
stated on January 13, 2010 comments on the subject over the past 10 years.
On abortion rights.
Half Flip
By Kevin Robillard • January 19, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 19, 2009 the House GOP Web site
Senate health care legislation will "levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan."
False
By Catharine Richert • November 21, 2009
Ed Rendell
Ed Rendell
stated on November 12, 2009 the 'Rachel Maddow Show'
A small business receiving a federal tax credit "to provide health care for its employees ... would be barred under the Stupak Amendment from allowing their employees to use ... the health care that they offer them for abortion."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on November 12, 2009 her show on MSNBC
"The Stupak Amendment doesn't just say you can't use your federal insurance subsidy to pay for an abortion, it says, if you're getting a federal subsidy of any kind, you're not allowed to buy an insurance plan that covers abortion even with your own money."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2009
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on November 9, 2009 the 'Rachel Maddow Show'
"The public option is not funded with public money. It's funded with private insurance premiums."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009
Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez
stated on November 10, 2009 an interview on "Morning Joe"
The House of Representatives does not have a prochoice majority.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 12, 2009
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on November 9, 2009 an alert to members
"President Obama campaigned on a promise to put reproductive health care at the center of his reform plan."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2009
Nita Lowey
Nita Lowey
stated on November 7, 2009 a speech on the House floor
An amendment to the House health reform bill "puts new restrictions on women's access to abortion coverage in the private health insurance market even when they would pay premiums with their own money."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 9, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on October 29, 2009 a news release
Health care reform "requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 4, 2009
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on September 16, 2009 a press release
"Under the Baucus bill ... federal funds would subsidize coverage of elective abortions."
False
September 21, 2009
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on September 16, 2009 a press release
The Baucus bill "contains provisions that would send massive federal subsidies directly to both private insurance plans and government-chartered cooperatives that pay for elective abortion."
True
September 21, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 10, 2009 a statement from the Minority Leader's office
As a candidate, President Obama "declared that everyone deserves access to reproductive health care that includes abortion, and vowed that this 'right' would be at the heart of his health care reform plan if elected president."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 23, 2009 an op-ed for National Review
The Democrat-backed health care reform plan "will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars."
False
August 7, 2009
Liberty Counsel
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!"
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • August 7, 2009
Glenn Beck
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."
Pants on Fire!
July 29, 2009
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on June 3, 2009 an op-ed.
Says he didn't call Dr. George Tiller a baby killer, as liberal groups charge, but was merely reporting what "some prolifers branded him."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 5, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on March 23, 2009 a blog post.
Obama nominee Dawn Johnsen "called motherhood 'involuntary servitude.'"
False
By Alexander Lane • March 24, 2009
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