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Wendy Davis

Wendy Davis

Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth attorney, was initially elected to the Texas Senate in 2008. She was the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, giving up a shot at winning re-election to the Senate.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Wendy Davis

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Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 14, 2016 an interview with Texas Monthly:
"Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law."
False
By Eleanor Dearman • May 27, 2016
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 4, 2016 a legal brief:
"One in every three women has an abortion during her lifetime."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 19, 2016
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 21, 2015 an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell”:
After the Texas cutoff of aid to women’s health care services including Planned Parenthood clinics, "over 150,000… women lost the only health care they had. Our Medicaid birth rate shot up. It cost taxpayers over $130 million in one year alone in extra Medicaid birth costs."
Mostly False
By Andy East • November 24, 2015
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 30, 2014 a debate:
Greg Abbott has benefitted from "payday lenders who have given him $300,000 and then received a ruling from him that they can operate in a loophole in the law that allows them to charge unlimited rates and fees."
Mostly True
By Dylan Baddour • October 29, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 17, 2014 a TV ad:
"Weeks after accepting a quarter-million-dollar campaign contribution" from a hospital board chairman, Greg Abbott went to court against victims of a drug-taking neurosurgeon.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 15, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 23, 2014 speaking to reporters:
"Greg Abbott and his surrogates have referred to women who have been the victims of rape or incest as though somehow what they are confronting is a minor issue."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2014
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
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 19, 2014 a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:
Greg Abbott "heads up a party whose platform calls for the repeal of the Voting Rights Act."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 15, 2014 a TV ad:
Greg Abbott did "nothing" to pursue reports of the sexual abuse of boys at a West Texas state-run school.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 16, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on August 23, 2014 a TV ad:
Greg Abbott was "charged with overseeing the state cancer research fund. But he let his wealthiest donors take tens of millions of taxpayer dollars without proper oversight. They showered Abbott with gifts and free vacations."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on August 7, 2014 a TV ad:
Says that, as a Supreme Court justice, Greg Abbott found that a company whose vacuum cleaners were sold door to door "had no responsibility" in the hiring of a salesman who raped a customer.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 27, 2014 her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention:
Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 6, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on April 22, 2014 an online post:
"Under Greg Abbott, Texas four-year-olds would be forced to undergo standardized tests."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 31, 2014 an online petition:
"Greg Abbott said it would be a ‘waste’ to expand pre-k to all Texas children."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 10, 2014 a tweet:
Women "are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns in Texas."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 20, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 28, 2014 a speech:
"I never gave up custody of my children. I never lost custody of my children."  
Mostly True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • January 30, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on December 30, 2013 a press release:
Payday lenders profit "from the poor by charging 1,000-plus" percent "interest."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 8, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on December 3, 2013 a post on her campaign website:
Greg Abbott defended more than $5 billion in public school funding cuts in fighting hundreds of school districts in court.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on July 15, 2013 an opinion article:
Says that each year, about 25,000 American women become pregnant through rape or incest.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 15, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on July 29, 2013 an email blast.:
"Texas women make an average of $8,355 less per year than men doing the very same job."
Mostly False
By Andra Lim • August 7, 2013
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Latest Fact-Checks About Wendy Davis

Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:
A 2011 measure passed into law with Wendy Davis’ support "removes from the attorney general the ability to settle lawsuits just like" the school funding case.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 30, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 26, 2014 a billboard message:
"Wendy Davis’ legal work is currently under FBI investigation."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on May 7, 2014 a roundtable debate with state Sen. Dan Patrick:
Wendy Davis "was just doing a fund-raiser in Chicago with the international socialists organization."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 6, 2014 a press release:
Wendy Davis raised money for a U.S. House Democrat who is a member of a Democratic socialists group.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on April 11, 2014 a tweet and chart:
"Wendy Davis has already taken more $ from teacher unions than the past 3 Democrat gubernatorial candidates combined."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 7, 2013 a donation web page:
Wendy Davis is "fighting to bring ... Bloomberg-style gun control to Texas."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • November 8, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 18, 2013 a Facebook page:
Wendy Davis is "threatening to raise taxes up to $35 billion."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2013
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on October 3, 2013 an audio recording described as a radio ad:
"Wendy Davis opposes any limits on abortion."
False
By Sue Owen • October 22, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013 a speech at National Right to Life convention, Grapevine, Texas.:
Says Wendy Davis, "born into difficult circumstances," was the daughter of a single mother and a teenage mother herself.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 28, 2013
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