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0% 53 Checks
mostly true
0% 84 Checks
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0% 71 Checks
mostly false
0% 81 Checks
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0% 72 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Women

James Uthmeier
James Uthmeier
stated on November 6, 2025 X post:
“Evidence suggests that 1 in 25 women who consume (abortion) pills are hospitalized.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • November 14, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2025 a press conference:
“There's no downside” to avoiding Tylenol or acetaminophen use while pregnant.
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • September 23, 2025
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on April 29, 2025 an X post:
The federal government’s Women, Peace and Security program is a “Biden initiative.”
False
By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 5, 2025 in social media posts:
"Apple quietly removed International Women’s Day from their calendar app.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 7, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 19, 2025 an Instagram post:
“Delta plane that crashed in Toronto operated by Endeavor Air with all-female flight crew.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • February 21, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 25, 2024 an Instagram post:
AOC posted that Trump’s election victory emboldened a conservative news outlet to call for her resignation because she’s a woman.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • November 26, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on November 6, 2024 a Threads post:
“Abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester. Literally never. They just do a C-section.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 11, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 22, 2024 a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk launches new pregnancy robot.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 29, 2024
Vote No on 4
Vote No on 4
stated on September 10, 2024 a TV ad:
“Unlike other amendments, Amendment 4 has no definitions. … Without definitions these words can mean almost anything.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on September 20, 2024 an X post:
First lady Jill Biden led a Cabinet meeting for President Joe Biden and her signature appears on presidential stationery.
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 21, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on September 12, 2024 a post on Threads:
An image shows Taylor Swift responding to Elon Musk's X post about giving her a child by saying she's happy to take his daughter Vivian and ‘give her all the love and respect she deserves.’
False
By Andy Nguyen • September 18, 2024
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on September 14, 2024 a speech:
“In Project 2025, you’re going to have to register with a new federal agency when you get pregnant.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 17, 2024
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 25, 2024 an interview:
“JD Vance actually sent a letter last year to the Department of Justice saying, ‘enforce the Comstock Act.’”
True
By Samantha Putterman • August 30, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on July 28, 2024 an interview:
Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2024 a campaign event:
Project 2025 calls for restricting “access to IVF and contraception.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • July 24, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 10, 2024 an Instagram post:
Switzerland banned mammograms.
False
By Mia Penner • July 16, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 6, 2024 a moderated conversation:
Black women in the U.S. are “three to four times more likely to die in connection with childbirth than other women."
True
By Samantha Putterman • July 11, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 27, 2024 a Threads post:
C-sections are coded as abortions in hospitals.
False
By Samantha Putterman • July 5, 2024
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on June 5, 2024 News release:
Republican legislatures “have targeted birth control” and in Wisconsin “refused to schedule a vote on a bill that would have codified a right to birth control.”
Half-True
By Hope Karnopp • June 14, 2024
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 15, 2024 Podcast:
"Every Senate Democrat has voted to support unlimited abortions up to the moment of birth.”
False
By D.L. Davis • May 17, 2024
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Latest promises about Women

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Joe Biden
Restore ACA’s contraception mandate
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Joe Biden
Reduce high maternal mortality rate
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Joe Biden
End pay discrimination
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Work to codify Roe v. Wade
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Joe Biden
Repeal Hyde Amendment
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Joe Biden
Restore federal funding for Planned Parenthood
Promise Kept: Planned Parenthood regained federal funding under Biden administration | November 20, 2024
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Joe Biden
Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act
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Nominate the first Black woman to U.S. Supreme Court
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Joe Biden
Direct federal resources to help prevent violence against transgender women
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Barack Obama
Issue a “best practices” report for states on reducing domestic violence
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Barack Obama
Increase efforts to reduce unintended pregnancy
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Barack Obama
Implement “Women Owned Business” contracting program
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