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Latest Fact-Checks In Sexuality

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 8, 2015 in a public-service video during the Grammys:
"Nearly one in five women in America has been a victim of rape or attempted rape."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2015
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 in an interview with CNN:
One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Steve Contorno • February 9, 2015
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:
Greg Abbott "has campaigned with a sexual predator who has bragged about having sex with underage girls."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2014
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on September 9, 2014 in a tweet:
A poll found that "20% of young adults use (smartphones) during sex."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2014
Susan Happ
Susan Happ
stated on June 30, 2014 in a press release:
"At some point in their lives, 99% of women use birth control."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • July 18, 2014
Michael Eric Dyson
Michael Eric Dyson
stated on July 9, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Ed Show":
"Teenage births cost Texas taxpayers $1.1 billion in health care, foster care and lost tax revenue in 2010 alone."  
Half-True
By Derek Tsang • July 15, 2014
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 10, 2014 in a press conference:
The U.S. Supreme Court is "five guys who start determining what contraceptions are legal."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2014
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 6, 2014 in interview on ABC's "This Week":
Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision.
False
By Lauren Carroll • July 8, 2014
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 16, 2014 in a press release:
Wisconsin was the "first state to ban public and private sector employment discrimination based on sexual orientation."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 22, 2014
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on May 29, 2014 in remarks on the House floor:
"Milwaukee has the second-highest" number of children recovered from sex trafficking.  
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 1, 2014
Madison Action Fund
Madison Action Fund
stated on April 30, 2014 in a campaign ad in Idaho:
Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson is a "liberal" who voted with Nancy Pelosi to "fund sex study programs of San Francisco prostitutes" and "to regulate the sale of firearms."  
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • May 7, 2014
Mark Udall
Mark Udall
stated on April 21, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says Cory Gardner "championed an eight-year crusade to outlaw birth control here in Colorado."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • April 25, 2014
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on March 25, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Jansing & Co.":
"Women take birth control, more than half of them, as a medication for other conditions."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • March 26, 2014
Ilyse Hogue
Ilyse Hogue
stated on March 12, 2014 in an interview on "The Daily Show":
"Medicare has spent $172 million on penis pumps in the last five years at $360 a pop."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 24, 2014
American Life League
American Life League
stated on February 4, 2014 in an email blast:
Girl Scouts USA’s curriculum "promotes Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, Betty Friedan, founder of NARAL Prochoice, and other pro-abortion women as icons for our children to emulate."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 13, 2014
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on December 6, 2013 in an interview with Texas Monthly:
The "U.S. has the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any Western industrialized country."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2014
Timothy Dolan
Timothy Dolan
stated on December 1, 2013 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We, the bishops of the United States -- can you believe it -- in 1919 came out for more affordable, more comprehensive, more universal health care."
True
By Julie Kliegman • December 4, 2013
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on October 25, 2013 in a campaign brochure.:
Says Ken Cuccinelli wants "to eliminate all forms of birth control."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • October 27, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 27, 2013 in a news conference.:
"I’ve never supported legislation that invades people’s choices about contraception."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • September 16, 2013
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on July 27, 2013 in a commentary on CNN:
"More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2013
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