Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says Rick Santorum "funded Planned Parenthood."
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By Molly Moorhead • March 1, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
After prenatal diagnosis, "90 percent of Down syndrome children in America are aborted."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 10, 2012 a video campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney "put Planned Parenthood on a state medical board but failed to put a pro-life group on the same board."
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By Molly Moorhead • January 20, 2012
Stephanie DeSilva
Stephanie DeSilva
stated on January 11, 2012 a news release
"[Mitt] Romney and [Brendan] Doherty certainly have a lot in common, like flip-flopping on abortion -- in Doherty's case, in a little over a week."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 19, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 20, 2011 a video ad
"As speaker, Gingrich even supported taxpayer funding of some abortions."
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By Molly Moorhead • December 27, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on October 3, 2011 a website
Says U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner "cited his efforts to weaken pro-life and school choice legislation as unequivocal proof that he’s a moderate."
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By Amy Sherman • October 12, 2011
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on September 19, 2011 a blog post
Says Tommy Thompson "pushed such strict laws that abortion providers faced potential life imprisonment and women were forced to cross state lines in order to receive attention for life-threatening issues."
Half-True
October 3, 2011
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on July 26, 2011 an interview with Politico
"Josh Mandel used to be pro-choice, now he’s anti-choice. He used to be sympathetic towards gay and lesbians and now he’s [not]."
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By Joe Guillen • August 16, 2011
Janice Hahn
Janice Hahn
stated on June 7, 2011 a TV ad
Says that Sarah Palin and Craig Huey "would ban a woman's right to choose in every case"
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June 8, 2011
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on March 9, 2011 an article published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Studies have shown that in the absence of federal reproductive health funds, we are going to see the level of abortion in Georgia increase by about 44 percent.
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By Willoughby Mariano • March 22, 2011
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
stated on February 17, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor
"A miscarriage is considered an abortion."
Half-True
March 1, 2011
Pro-Life Wisconsin
Pro-Life Wisconsin
stated on November 29, 2010 a news release
In Wisconsin, "6.2 percent of the population is black yet 24 percent of all state abortions are on African-Americans."
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December 6, 2010
stated on October 28, 2010 a campaign TV ad
Says "Scott Walker wants to ban common forms of birth control, including the pill."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 1, 2010
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on November 9, 2009 the 'Rachel Maddow Show'
"The public option is not funded with public money. It's funded with private insurance premiums."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on October 29, 2009 a news release
Health care reform "requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 4, 2009
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 12, 2007 debate in Johnston, Iowa
"I'm prolife. I'm not going to apologize for becoming prolife. Ronald Reagan followed that same course, as did Henry Hyde and George Herbert Walker Bush. And I'm proud to be prolife."
Half-True
December 19, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 18, 2007 an appearance on Fox News Sunday
"Fred's never had a 100 percent record on right-to-life in his Senate career. The records reflect that. And he doesn't support the human life amendment, which is most amazing because that's been a part of the Republican platform since 1980."
Half-True
November 27, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on May 3, 2007
"When I was mayor of New York City, I encouraged adoptions. Adoptions went up 65-70 percent. Abortions went down 16 percent."
Half-True
By Tom Tobin • September 28, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 26, 2007 Stratham, N.H.
"(McCain) said he was opposed to overturning Roe v. Wade. Now he's for overturning Roe v. Wade."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 23, 2007
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