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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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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
By Tom Kertscher • 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]."
Half-True
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"
Half-True
By Robert Farley • 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.
Half-True
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
By Ciara O'Rourke • 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."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • 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."
Half-True
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
By Amy Hollyfield • 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
By Wes Allison • 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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