Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Anita Perry
Anita Perry
stated on September 28, 2013 an interview at the Texas Tribune Festival
Only "four countries in the world… allow abortions after 20 weeks" of pregnancy.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 27, 2013 a news conference.
"I’ve never supported legislation that invades people’s choices about contraception."
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By Sean Gorman • September 16, 2013
BookerFail
BookerFail
stated on August 23, 2013 a U.S. Senate campaign video ad
Says Cory Booker "supports late-term and partial-birth abortion and opposes safety regulations."
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By Caryn Shinske • September 1, 2013
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on August 18, 2013 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"There are only four countries in the world that ... legalize abortion after five months -- China, North Korea, Canada and the U.S."
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By Julie Kliegman • August 22, 2013
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on August 7, 2013 an interview
Under a new law regulating abortions, "Even if you're raped, if you don't report it in the first 30 days, the Republicans will force you to have an ultrasound."
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 22, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on July 15, 2013 an opinion article
Says that each year, about 25,000 American women become pregnant through rape or incest.
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By Sue Owen • August 15, 2013
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on July 14, 2013 an emailed statement
Says proposed anti-abortion legislation "would force women facing the most personal of health decisions to endure a transvaginal ultrasound."
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By Brandon Blackwell • July 12, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013 a speech at National Right to Life convention, Grapevine, Texas.
Says Wendy Davis, "born into difficult circumstances," was the daughter of a single mother and a teenage mother herself.
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 28, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 11, 2013 a speech
Says Abraham Lincoln supported an agreement that allowed slavery in New Mexico "and a law to return runaway slaves to their owners."
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April 21, 2013
Democratic Party of Oregon
Democratic Party of Oregon
stated on October 24, 2012 a campaign mailer
Says Matt Wand has sided with anti-choice activists "to restrict access to reproductive health care services."
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By Janie Har • November 1, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2012 the second presidential debate at Hofstra University
"There are millions of women all across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood for not just contraceptive care; they rely on it for mammograms."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 the Florida U.S. Senate debate
Says Connie Mack voted to redefine "rape" as "forcible rape."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2012
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on October 10, 2012 in a mailer
Says Mitt Romney and George Allen "would overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to end safe, legal abortion even in cases of rape, incest or when a woman's life is at risk."
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By Becky Bowers • October 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 11, 2012 a campaign ad
Says Romney and Ryan "both backed proposals that would outlaw abortions even in cases of rape or incest."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 19, 2012
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on August 26, 2012 a Tampa Bay Times op-ed
Republicans included "the Akin amendment in the Republican Party platform, which bans abortion, even for rape victims."
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By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2012
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on August 16, 2012 a graphic on the Internet
Paul Ryan would "outlaw in vitro fertilization."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 17, 2012 a tweet
Says "Paul Ryan supports banning all abortions, even in cases of rape or incest."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 17, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on April 11, 2012 a TV interview.
Says a bill requiring ultrasounds before abortions "was supported by Republicans and Democrats."
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By Warren Fiske • April 13, 2012
Elliott Naishtat
Elliott Naishtat
stated on March 5, 2012 an op-ed column
"Nearly 45 percent of the women who receive health screenings through (the Women’s Health Program) do so at a Planned Parenthood health center."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 24, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 15, 2012 a tweet
Says that in fiscal year 2010, "nearly 80 percent of women served" in the Texas Women’s Health Program received services from a provider other than a Planned Parenthood clinic.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 23, 2012
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