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Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Jon O'Brien
Jon O'Brien
stated on April 11, 2012 written testimony at a House hearing
"Only 14 percent of Catholics agree with the Vatican's position that abortion should be illegal."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2012
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on March 31, 2012 an email blast.
Says Jeff Wentworth was the only Republican to vote against the Texas measure requiring women to have a sonogram before receiving an abortion.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 5, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on March 11, 2012 a TV interview.
"This bill allows Virginia to join about 23 other states that have an ultrasound procedure" before an abortion.
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • March 21, 2012
Chris Smith
Chris Smith
stated on March 8, 2012 a speech on the House floor
Says there have been "well over" 54 million abortions since 1973.
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • March 18, 2012
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate
Says Newt Gingrich "made an affirmative statement that he would not only support but he would campaign for Republicans who were in support of the barbaric procedure known as partial-birth abortion."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • December 16, 2011
Ohio Right to Life
Ohio Right to Life
stated on December 5, 2011 a news release
"Ohio’s Planned Parenthood operations received millions of taxpayer dollars via federal grants in 2010 and 2011."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • December 9, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 3, 2011 a conference call with reporters
Says Mitt Romney "is committed to overturning Roe vs. Wade, and he supports such amendments that define a life as beginning at the moment of conception."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 10, 2011 a fundraising letter
"Eighty-seven percent of private insurance plans currently include (abortion) coverage."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • May 16, 2011
Carol Alvarado
Carol Alvarado
stated on March 2, 2011 remarks on the House floor
Says women who need a sonogram in the eighth to 10th week of pregnancy have to get a transvaginal sonogram.
Mostly True
March 10, 2011
Liberal Blogger
Liberal Blogger
stated on February 23, 2011 a blog post
Under a proposed Georgia law, "women who miscarry could become felons."  
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 2, 2011
Lorraine Fende
Lorraine Fende
stated on January 17, 2011 an interview with The Columbus Dispatch
Says that in Ohio "right now, you could be 8½ months pregnant and have an abortion for no reason."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • February 4, 2011
Kevin Rader
Kevin Rader
stated on October 29, 2010 a campaign TV ad
Lizbeth Benacquisto's supporters "would make (abortion) illegal in all cases, including rape, incest, even to save a woman's life."
Mostly True
By Rachel Revehl • October 29, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 a campaign commercial
Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on June 22, 2010 in a Democratic U.S. Senate debate
"When I become the nominee, the Democratic nominee, I will be the only pro-choice candidate on the ballot."
Mostly True
June 22, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 8, 2010 a campaign mail piece.
"Bill McCollum holds the same position on (embryonic stem cell research) as Barack Obama."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 11, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "voted to continue Roe v. Wade."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 27, 2010
Log Cabin Republicans
Log Cabin Republicans
stated on October 19, 2007
Mitt Romney has "a pro-choice record."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 17, 2007
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