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Latest Fact-Checks In Abortion

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Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 11, 2022 News release
In the immediate wake of a fire and vandalism at the Madison headquarters of an anti-abortion group, Democrats had not condemned “activists who are engaging in this repugnant illegal activity.”
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • May 31, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on May 6, 2022 a tweet
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni posted a photo of themselves enjoying a $5,135 bottle of wine “as American women despair about abortion rights being taken away from them.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 20, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on May 18, 2022 a post
"In Iran, if a 12-year-old girl is raped and impregnated by her father, she must carry the baby to term, or be thrown in prison for life. Wait, sorry, no, That's Alabama."
False
By Monique Curet • May 19, 2022
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on May 3, 2022 a tweet
“79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design."
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • May 18, 2022
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on May 8, 2022 an interview on Fox News Sunday
“We’re one of the seven nations in the world that allow abortion on demand at 20 weeks.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 7, 2022 a Facebook post
Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito said that the U.S. needs a “domestic supply of infants” to meet the needs of parents seeking to adopt.
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 12, 2022
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on May 8, 2022 TV interview
Because of U.S. Senate rules, Democrats need "more than a majority ... to codify Roe vs. Wade."
True
By D.L. Davis • May 11, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 7, 2022 a Facebook post
Video shows abortion rights activist urging women to "run on down to the abortion clinic" if they get pregnant.
False
May 11, 2022
Dave McCormick
Dave McCormick
stated on May 4, 2022 an ad
Mehmet Oz is “pro-abortion.”
Mostly False
May 11, 2022
Peggy Hubbard
Peggy Hubbard
stated on May 3, 2022 a post
Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, referred to Black women as weeds that needed to be plucked from their garden, and was a supporter of the Ku Klux Klan and a Democrat.
False
By Monique Curet • May 10, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on May 8, 2022 a tweet
"GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn has proposed that birth control should only be legal for MARRIED couples.”
False
May 9, 2022
Pam Keith
Pam Keith
stated on May 8, 2022 a tweet
“Tennessee just banned Plan B and made it a crime punishable by a $50,000 fine to order it.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 9, 2022
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on April 29, 2022 a tweet
"In Texas, Republicans passed a law allowing rapists to sue their victims for getting an abortion."
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • May 9, 2022
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
stated on May 3, 2022 a news conference
When the New York State Senate voted to legalize abortion in 1970, 12 Republican senators voted in favor of it.
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 7, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 3, 2022 a post
“Roe v. Wade happened because a woman lied about being raped by black men.”
False
By Monique Curet • May 6, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on May 3, 2022 a memo to Republican senate candidates and lawmakers
“Republicans DO NOT want to throw doctors” in jail.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2022
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on May 2, 2022 a tweet.
“Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett assured the Senate Judiciary Committee and the American people that Roe v. Wade was ‘established precedent.’”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 5, 2022
Jeffrey Toobin
Jeffrey Toobin
stated on May 2, 2022 an interview on CNN
“There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.”
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek • May 4, 2022
Jeanine Pirro
Jeanine Pirro
stated on May 3, 2022 a segment on Fox News
“There are 63 million abortions a year in this country.”
False
By Sara Swann • May 4, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 12, 2022 an interview
Says he has “always” believed “in a woman’s right to choose.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • April 22, 2022
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