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Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 16, 2023 an Instagram post
Videos show Planned Parenthood “aiding sex traffickers in their crimes.”
False
By Sara Swann • July 20, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on June 23, 2023 a speech
“The fact is, today abortion law in the United States is more aligned with China and North Korea than with Western nations in Europe.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • July 5, 2023
Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden
stated on April 13, 2023 Radio interview
On exceptions to Wisconsin's abortion ban
Half Flip
By Vanessa Swales • June 1, 2023
Tricia Cotham
Tricia Cotham
stated on May 16, 2023 a vote
“(I will oppose) any attempt to restrict or deny women’s basic health care needs.”
Full Flop
By Paul Specht • May 17, 2023
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 4, 2023 a video posted to Twitter
Four North Carolina Republicans made “campaign promises” to protect reproductive rights
Half-True
By Paul Specht • May 12, 2023
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 28, 2023 a Senate floor speech
Sen. Tommy Tuberville is preventing military promotions “because he objects to women within the military getting access to reproductive care.”
Half-True
By Mary McNaughton • May 4, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 12, 2023 an Instagram post
“The abortion pill has been linked to the deaths of at least 28 women in the U.S. alone.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • April 26, 2023
Alliance Defending Freedom
Alliance Defending Freedom
stated on March 27, 2023 a Facebook post
Abortion pills are dangerous and “1 in 5 women will suffer a complication.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 13, 2023
Walgreens
Walgreens
stated on March 6, 2023 a statement
Walgreens’ position “has always been” to “dispense Mifepristone in any jurisdiction where it is legally permissible to do so.”
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • March 15, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 11, 2023 an Instagram post
“More contraception availability increases abortion demand."
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 18, 2023
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 1, 2023 Twitter
“Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • January 13, 2023
Aaron Rouse
Aaron Rouse
stated on December 23, 2022 a TV ad.
“Kevin Adams wants to ban abortion.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • January 5, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on November 14, 2022 Twitter
“An overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites support restoring #Roe and legalizing marijuana.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • December 2, 2022
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on November 19, 2022 a speech
Herschel Walker “wants a nationwide ban on abortion” and said no exceptions “not even for rape or incest or life of the mother.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 31, 2022 a post
California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • November 7, 2022
Yesli Vega
Yesli Vega
stated on October 20, 2022 an interview.
They were “never my comments” that a woman can’t get pregnant from rape.
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • November 4, 2022
Kris Mayes
Kris Mayes
stated on September 25, 2022 a tweet
Abraham Hamadeh says he will “lock up doctors, nurses, pharmacists” and “punish women for abortion.”
Half-True
By Alexis Waiss • November 2, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 19, 2022 Campaign ad
If a 12-year-old girl became pregnant because of rape or incest, "Tim Michels would force her to deliver the baby."
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • October 21, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 6, 2022 News release
“Mandela Barnes came out in favor of abortion up until the moment of birth.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • October 20, 2022
Katie Hobbs
Katie Hobbs
stated on October 9, 2022 an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation
Kari Lake has “gone on the record saying she supports Arizona's complete abortion ban. She's called it a great law.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2022
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