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Latest Fact-Checks In Sexuality

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Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 remarks on the House floor
"Milwaukee has the second-highest" number of children recovered from sex trafficking.  
False
June 1, 2014
Madison Action Fund
Madison Action Fund
stated on April 30, 2014 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Stephen Martin
Stephen Martin
stated on May 23, 2013 an interview.
Says Democratic Party created Planned Parenthood
False
By Nancy Madsen • June 10, 2013
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