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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is over 90 pages long. But Alito wasted little time getting to his key point. “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision,” he wrote. The entire draft opinion was leaked to Politico, […]

The leak of an early draft ruling on a hotly contested Supreme Court abortion case has focused attention on what might happen if Roe v. Wade — the five-decade-old precedent requiring national access to abortion — is overturned. Prior to the Roe decision in 1973, abortion was illegal in many states, but states were gradually […]

For an eventuality that’s been forecast and fought over for decades, no one truly has any idea what would happen if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. It was fairly clear when the court heard arguments in December over whether Mississippi could ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy that at least five justices supported upholding […]

Protesters have flocked to the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., after a leak of a draft opinion indicating the high court would nullify the landmark 1973 Roe V. Wade decision legalizing abortion. On Tuesday morning, President Joe Biden, in a statement released on his Twitter account, called on Congress to pass legislation to codify abortion […]

When Clint Clark joined the staff of Columbus International High School in Ohio as a 24-year-old math teacher and seminar coordinator in 2010, he knew it wasn’t going to be a traditional classroom experience. The high school, which had just opened that year, focused on diversity and international studies. Amid more traditional course offerings like […]

Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, Americans can be forgiven if they’ve lost track of the latest variants circulating nationally and around the world. We’ve heard of the alpha, beta, gamma, delta and omicron variants, but a new greek-letter variant hasn’t come onto the scene in almost half a year. Instead, a seemingly endless stream […]

The arrival of spring has come with a warning in some parts of the United States: Look out for copperhead snakes.  But nestled among some helpful internet advice — like go to a hospital if you’ve been bit — are some exaggerations. You’ll find a few in a recent Facebook post that shares a list of tips […]

One of 2022’s biggest-spending super PACs is devoted to opposing the campaign of Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in the swing state of Pennsylvania. In a 30-second TV ad, Pennsylvania Conservative Fund makes a four-part claim against the TV personality, saying: Oz “was a spokesman for a […]

Ohio has become an early and major test of former President Donald Trump’s ability to pluck a winner out of a crowded field. Of the five Republicans running to replace retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman, four, including “Hillbilly Elegy” author and venture capitalist J. D. Vance, openly courted Trump’s endorsement. A few weeks before the […]

Scroll through social media feeds today and you can expect to be bombarded with dubious claims about Russia’s war in Ukraine. Many were created by or on behalf of Russia, either to cast doubt on atrocities or to condemn Ukraine and its leaders for things they didn’t do. Fact-checkers like PolitiFact work to determine the […]

Ohio voters head to the polls May 3 in one of the earliest competitive primaries for the U.S. Senate. At PolitiFact, we have been busy fact-checking the leading Senate candidates vying to replace retiring Sen. Rob Portman. But now it’s time to focus on you, the voter, and what you need to know about Election […]

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA., has been in the news lately as an election and campaign reform group seeks to disqualify her for running for re-election.  But some claims overstate what’s happening, including a recent Facebook post that says “Democrats begin trial in corrupt move to ban Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress.”  This post […]