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Scott Walker
stated on July 15, 2015 an interview:

If women seeking an abortion see their ultrasound, "the odds are pretty high they're going to keep the baby."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • July 22, 2015

Jim Carrey
stated on June 30, 2015 a Twitter post:

The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines.

False

By April Hunt • July 17, 2015

NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on June 18, 2015 a TV ad:

Says Scott Walker "said that forcing women facing abortion to get invasive ultrasounds was 'just a cool thing.'"

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • June 24, 2015

Fulton County Health and Wellness
stated on June 16, 2015 a press release:

Currently, almost 40 percent of people with HIV are not diagnosed until they already have developed AIDS. And that can be up to 10 years after they first are infected with HIV.

Mostly True

By Nancy Badertscher • June 19, 2015

Austin Scott
stated on June 5, 2015 press conference:

Ninety-seven percent of Americans do not receive subsidies for health care under the Affordable Care Act.

True

By Nancy Badertscher • June 15, 2015

Rebecca Quigley
stated on May 14, 2015 a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.:

"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2015

Ron Johnson
stated on May 19, 2015 an interview:

Says Democratic challenger Russ Feingold "was the deciding vote on Obamacare."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • May 27, 2015

Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee:

"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."

False

By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015

Children's Defense Fund-Texas
stated on April 28, 2015 a press release:

"In the last 24 months, 10 rural Texas hospitals have been forced to shut their doors because state leaders" chose not to expand Medicaid.

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2015

Dino Baccari
stated on April 16, 2015 testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.:

A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 3, 2015

Van Wanggaard
stated on April 21, 2015 a legislative floor debate:

"There's no statistical evidence that" a waiting period for handgun purchases "reduces violence whatsoever."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • April 27, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on March 25, 2015 a speech:

The Affordable Care Act is "a major reason why we’ve seen 50,000 fewer preventable patient deaths in hospitals."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 a television interview:

"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015

Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2015 posts on social media:

Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015

Donna Nesselbush
stated on March 6, 2015 a commentary:

"In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Mark Reynolds • March 22, 2015

Phil Robertson
stated on February 27, 2015 a speech at the CPAC conference:

According to the CDC, "110 million Americans now have a sexually transmitted illness."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2015

NaturalNews.com
stated on February 5, 2015 a story making the rounds on social media:

The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles.

False

By April Hunt • March 3, 2015

Johnny Isakson
stated on February 2, 2015 an Associated Press news story:

"When you have 8,000 veterans a year committing suicide, then you have a serious problem."

Mostly True

By April Hunt • February 27, 2015

Karina Wood
stated on February 12, 2015 testimony before the R.I. Senate Judiciary Committee:

Cigarette butts "poison babies and small children because of the nicotine in them."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 23, 2015

Marjorie Sanfilippo
stated on February 16, 2015 a Florida Senate criminal justice committee hearing:

"200,000 students attempt suicide every year on college campuses."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2015

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