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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.  
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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.
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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!"
Half-True
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."  
Half-True
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.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • 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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • 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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."  
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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.
Half-True
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.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 7, 2013
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