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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 8, 2013 in a press release
Chris Christie "cut equal pay for women, calling it 'senseless bureaucracy.' "
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • October 17, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 9, 2013 an advertisement
Ann Kuster turned "a blind eye to those in need of funding" by voting "against funding for our nation’s veterans, low-income women and children, the FDA and the National Institutes of Health."
Mostly False
By Kaitlin Mulhere • October 16, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on July 29, 2013 an email blast.
"Texas women make an average of $8,355 less per year than men doing the very same job."
Mostly False
By Andra Lim • August 7, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on June 18, 2013 a video.
"Women still earn about 77 cents for every dollar a man earns for working the same job."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 15, 2013
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on June 28, 2013 women's conference session
Women in the United States are paid about 70 percent of what men earn for the same work.
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • July 9, 2013
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on June 23, 2013 an interview
The Southern Baptist Convention voted 13 years ago "that women were inferior and had to be subservient to their husbands."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • June 28, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on April 17, 2012 a news release
Women "earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 21, 2012 a campaign ad
"Women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 10, 2012 an interview
The Wisconsin law repealed by Republicans, which allowed discriminated workers to sue in state court, "was kind of a gravy train" for lawyers.
Mostly False
April 28, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on April 6, 2012 a news release
Says Gov. Scott Walker signed abortion, sex education and discrimination bills "in secret."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 22, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 9, 2012 a graphic posted on his website
"What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 6, 2012 Mitt Romney's website
"Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 10, 2012
Cory Mason
Cory Mason
stated on February 23, 2012 a news release
Says Wisconsin Assembly Republicans voted to repeal a law that ensures "that women cannot get paid less than a man for doing the same job."
Mostly False
March 12, 2012
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on February 28, 2012 a Congressional hearing
A socially conservative group sponsored a "prayer vigil" to stop people from buying Girl Scout cookies because it thinks the Girl Scouts are affiliated with Planned Parenthood.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 9, 2012
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on February 3, 2012 a radio interview
The polls "show over half of Americans identify themselves as being pro-life."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2012
Nickie Antonio
Nickie Antonio
stated on January 24, 2012 a news conference
"Statistics bear out that any time a country, a state, makes more restrictive abortion laws ... fatalities go up and abortions actually increase."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • February 10, 2012
Kyleen Wright
Kyleen Wright
stated on December 6, 2011 a Twitter message.
Says murder is the chief cause of death for pregnant women.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 26, 2011
Roberto DaSilva
Roberto DaSilva
stated on May 25, 2011 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
"Ten percent of violent deaths in the U.S. each year are due to strangulation."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 12, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on March 4, 2011 a post on his PAC's website
Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2011
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on October 15, 2010 a direct mail campaign piece
Says "Scott Walker tried to pass a law to allow pharmacists to block women’s access to birth control."
Mostly False
October 18, 2010
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