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Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 18, 2023 in an interview:
“In some liberal states, you actually have post-birth abortions.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • July 21, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 16, 2023 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in News release:
“Mandela Barnes came out in favor of abortion up until the moment of birth.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • October 20, 2022
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