Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 23, 2016 an email statement
The House Zika bill "limits access to birth control services needed to help curb the spread of the virus" in Puerto Rico.  
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By Jon Greenberg • June 28, 2016
NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia
NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia
stated on May 16, 2016 a website post.
"One in three American women will have had an abortion by the time she reaches the age of 45."
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By Sean Gorman, W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2016
Vicki Saporta
Vicki Saporta
stated on May 9, 2016 an episode of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee"
"There are more than twice as many (crisis pregnancy centers) as there are legitimate abortion providers in the United States."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2016
Rick Scott's Starbucks heckler
Rick Scott's Starbucks heckler
stated on April 5, 2016 a confrontation with Rick Scott at Starbucks
Says Rick Scott "stripped women of access to public health care."
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By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2016
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on February 9, 2016 a forum in Los Angeles
"In Ohio, more than half the providers of safe and legal abortion have had to shut down" since Gov. John Kasich took office in 2011.
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By Nadia Pflaum • February 22, 2016
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 4, 2016 a legal brief
"One in every three women has an abortion during her lifetime."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 19, 2016
Alliance Defending Freedom
Alliance Defending Freedom
stated on August 3, 2015 a Twitter post
"Zero Planned Parenthood facilities are licensed to do mammograms. Planned Parenthood, women don’t need you!"
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By April Hunt • August 21, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 4, 2015 an interview with Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention
"A minor cannot get a tattoo without parental consent but can get an abortion without parental consent."  
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By Amy Sherman • August 13, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 3, 2015 a video
Says Scott Walker's defunding of Planned Parenthood "left women across the state stranded with nowhere else to turn" for cancer screenings, breast exams and birth control.
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August 7, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on July 26, 2015 a New Hampshire interview
"97 percent of the work that Planned Parenthood does is about mammograms and preventative health."
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By Lauren Carroll • August 3, 2015
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on December 5, 2014 an email blast
University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2014
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on October 21, 2014 a TV ad
Says Scott Walker is "forcing some women to undergo a transvaginal probe to get an abortion."  
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October 24, 2014
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2014 a debate
Says personhood legislation she sponsored would not have restricted access to reproductive services and was "simply a statement that I support life."
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By Lauren Carroll • September 30, 2014
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on August 21, 2014 a campaign ad
"Cory Gardner is sponsoring a bill to ban all abortions right now."
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By Steve Contorno • August 28, 2014
Michael Eric Dyson
Michael Eric Dyson
stated on July 9, 2014 comments on MSNBC's "Ed Show"
"Teenage births cost Texas taxpayers $1.1 billion in health care, foster care and lost tax revenue in 2010 alone."  
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By Derek Tsang • July 15, 2014
Mark Udall
Mark Udall
stated on April 21, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Cory Gardner "championed an eight-year crusade to outlaw birth control here in Colorado."
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By Steve Contorno • April 25, 2014
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on March 25, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "Jansing & Co."
"Women take birth control, more than half of them, as a medication for other conditions."
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By Julie Kliegman • March 26, 2014
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on December 31, 2013 an article posted on the group’s website
"State Rep. Kathleen Peters has a 100 percent pro-abortion voting record – even voting against a ban on sex-selection abortions."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 9, 2014
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on October 2, 2013 a news release
Gov. Lincoln Chafee has imposed "a mandatory abortion fee" on all Rhode Islanders who buy health insurance through the state’s Obamacare exchange.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2013
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on October 29, 2013 an interview on a Lubbock radio station
Says David Dewhurst "went out for drinks" during Senate debate on abortion bill.
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By Sue Owen • October 7, 2013
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