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Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Empower Texans
Empower Texans
stated on January 28, 2016 a web page
In 2005 and 2007, " Joe Straus received a 100 percent rating by NARAL (the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League)."
Mostly False
By Filipa Ioannou • February 18, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 on ABC's "This Week"
Says "the one person (Donald Trump) has suggested that would make a good justice is his sister, who is a court of appeals judge appointed by Bill Clinton. She is a hardcore pro-abortion liberal judge."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • February 16, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 1, 2015 a post on her campaign website
"Ted Cruz tried to ban contraception" five times.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN debate
One of the Planned Parenthood videos shows "a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, 'We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.' "
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2015
Victoria Cobb
Victoria Cobb
stated on August 22, 2015 a speech.
"Inspections of abortion centers around Virginia have found multiple violations of parental consent laws … but Gov. Terry McAuliffe and his administration have done nothing."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • September 14, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 25, 2015 a tweet
"After Texas defunded Planned Parenthood, both the unintended pregnancy and abortion rates dropped."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 6, 2015 comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland
On allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest, "I have never said that or advocated that."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2015
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 3, 2015 a tweet
"In FY 2014 Planned Parenthood performed 327,653 abortions while receiving $528 million from taxpayers, in violation" of "the Hyde amendment."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 15, 2015 an interview
If women seeking an abortion see their ultrasound, "the odds are pretty high they're going to keep the baby."
Mostly False
July 22, 2015
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on June 15, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Jeb Bush "appointed a guardian for the fetus of a rape survivor."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • June 25, 2015
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on June 18, 2015 a TV ad
Says Scott Walker "said that forcing women facing abortion to get invasive ultrasounds was 'just a cool thing.'"
Mostly False
June 24, 2015
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 24, 2014 an interview
Attorney general candidate Brad Schimel "is in cahoots with Wisconsin Right to Life to make abortion a crime in Wisconsin."  
Mostly False
October 31, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 30, 2014 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
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 20, 2014 a TV interview
Says he hasn’t changed his view on abortion restrictions.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 24, 2014
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 17, 2013 a TV ad.
"Cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal, even in cases of rape and incest, even to protect a woman’s health."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • September 19, 2013
Jonathan Stickland
Jonathan Stickland
stated on July 9, 2013 a tweet
Says Texas has more than 80,000 abortions each year.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • July 10, 2013
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on June 26, 2013 an email blast.
Says unsuccessful Texas abortion legislation "was supported by a majority of" Texans.  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2013
NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia
NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia
stated on March 26, 2013 a statement.
Abortion coverage is a standard insurance benefit "in nearly 90 percent of private plans sold in the U.S."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • April 15, 2013
Gayle Atteberry
Gayle Atteberry
stated on December 26, 2012 in an online post
Says "Abortion clinics in Oregon, as in most states, have no state oversight and are not held to basic health or safety standards."
Mostly False
January 26, 2013
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on December 12, 2012 a tweet
Says Charlie Crist and Missouri Rep. Todd Akin "hold same abortion views. No exception except the life of the mother."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2012
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