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Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 11, 2018 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
"I don’t need a lecture from Kirsten Gillibrand or anybody else who protected and defended and harbored a sitting president who had sexual relations in the Oval Office and was impeached for lying."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • February 16, 2018
Hogan Gidley
Hogan Gidley
stated on February 12, 2018 an interview on Fox News
"The president has been very clear. All forms of abuse, all forms of battery against women are deplorable and disgusting. ... He’s said that multiple times in the past."
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 13, 2018
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"In the current law, if you report harassment, you're the one that has to go into 20 hours of counseling before you can decide whether you were really harassed."
Half-True
By Emily McCarter • December 8, 2017
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on November 15, 2017 an online popup ad
Says Paul Ryan is leading the effort to "pass a tax bill with divisive conception language by disguising it as a college savings plan" in "another attempt to ban abortion and rob women of their reproductive rights."
Half-True
November 22, 2017
Kayla Moore
Kayla Moore
stated on November 17, 2017 a women for Moore rally
Says Doug Jones "is for full-term abortion."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2017
Kevin Cahill
Kevin Cahill
stated on October 11, 2017 a radio interview on The Capitol Pressroom
Abortion in the U.S. "is at an all time legal low."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • October 25, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on October 6, 2017 a statement
"Women in our state will continue to have cost-free access to reproductive health care"
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • October 21, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 22, 2017 a town hall in Monett, Mo.
"We’re the only developed nation in the world that doesn’t have paid maternity leave."
Mostly True
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • September 28, 2017
Feministing
Feministing
stated on June 21, 2017 a web post
"Missouri Votes to Let Employers Fire People Who Use Birth Control."
Pants on Fire!
By Carolina Vargas, Emma Diltz • September 27, 2017
Shawn Thierry
Shawn Thierry
stated on June 7, 2017 a press release
"Texas mothers are dying during childbirth at the highest rates in the nation."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 29, 2017
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on May 16, 2017 a speech at a conference
A national paid leave program "would potentially put into the economy $21 billion dollars annually."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • June 15, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on June 12, 2017 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"While (women) represent 47 percent of the overall work force, we only make up 23 percent of STEM-related occupations."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 12, 2017
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on May 25, 2017 a speech at City & State’s State of NY Women forum
"We have pay equity. When you think about that wage gap, we all know it's 78 cents to the dollar. Well, in New York state it's 90 cents to the dollar."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • June 9, 2017
Jon Ossoff
Jon Ossoff
stated on June 6, 2017 a debate
"In 2012, you were discussing how you led the effort to defund breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • June 7, 2017
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on April 30, 2017 a town hall meeting
"Planned Parenthood is the biggest abortion provider in the country."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 15, 2017
Barry Loudermilk
Barry Loudermilk
stated on May 4, 2017 an email to constituents
In the House Republican health care bill, "we’re expanding women’s access to health services by redirecting Planned Parenthood dollars to community health centers, which vastly outnumber Planned Parenthood clinics."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2017
Judy Chu
Judy Chu
stated on May 4, 2017 a press release
The GOP health bill "would once again allow being a rape or domestic violence victim to be a pre-existing condition."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 9, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on May 4, 2017 a news release
"Under ‘Trumpcare,’" domestic violence and sexual assault "could be considered pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
May 9, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 4, 2017 blog headlines
Under the House Republican health plan, sexual assault is a pre-existing condition.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 5, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on May 2, 2017 her book "Women Who Work"
"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 3, 2017
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