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EMILY's List
stated on May 14, 2015 in a column on Medium:

Says Jeb Bush "once held $1 million in family planning grants hostage until the programs receiving the money agreed not to discuss birth control at all."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • May 20, 2015

Maria Shriver
stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"Two-thirds of American families rely on the mother's income to stay above the poverty level."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2015

Viral BuzzFeed
stated on April 20, 2015 in video:

Women make only 78 percent of what men make for the same job.

Mostly False

By Jim Tharpe, Nancy Badertscher • April 22, 2015

CNN
stated on February 18, 2015 in a graphic on CNN Newsroom:

"ISIS lures women with kittens, nutella."

Mostly False

By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2015

Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 2, 2015 in his radio commentary:

"A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • February 13, 2015

Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
stated on January 10, 2015 in a tweet:

"Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 1, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on January 21, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Says President Barack Obama is "not paying women equally by his own measures in his own White House."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2015

Charlie Crist
stated on October 27, 2014 in a TV ad:

"Rick Scott vetoed funding for 30 Florida rape crisis centers. Scott said the centers weren’t needed."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2014

David Perdue
stated on October 7, 2014 in a U.S. Senate debate:

Four million women have fallen into poverty in the last six years.

Mostly False

By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • October 15, 2014

Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 29, 2014 in a news release:

Says Scott Brown co-sponsored legislation to let employers deny women coverage for mammograms.

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2014

Georgians Together
stated on September 25, 2014 in television attack ad:

David Perdue "opposes laws that provide equal pay protections for women."

Mostly False

By Nancy Badertscher • October 2, 2014

Jorge Elorza
stated on August 28, 2014 in a radio debate:

"We have a goal of 10 percent of [City of Providence] contracts going to women and minority businesses. In reality, less than 1 percent of contracts go to women and minority businesses."

Mostly False

By Alex Kuffner • October 1, 2014

Cory Gardner
stated on September 2, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says on contraception, his plan is "cheaper and easier for you" than Sen. Mark Udall’s

Mostly False

By Steve Contorno • September 8, 2014

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on August 22, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land "said guaranteeing equal pay for women who do the same job as men is not a good idea."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • September 2, 2014

Mitch McConnell
stated on August 5, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says he "voted for even stronger protections (in the Violence Against Women Act) than Obama's agenda will allow."

Mostly False

By Steve Contorno • August 13, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on July 3, 2014 in a Facebook post:

An image of nine white, blond women shows "the amazing diversity of Fox News anchors."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • July 9, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 30, 2014 in an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival:

"A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception … is not going to get that service through her employer’s health care plan because her employer doesn’t think she should be using contraception."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2014

Jason Carter
stated on April 8, 2014 in social media posts:

Women are paid 77 cents for every $1 men get for the same work.

Mostly False

By Eric Stirgus • April 21, 2014

Michael Solomon
stated on April 3, 2014 in a news release:

"Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 20, 2014

Jimmy Carter
stated on March 24, 2014 in Television interview :

Women in the U.S. get 23 percent less pay than men for the same exact work.

Mostly False

By Jim Tharpe • April 4, 2014

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