Women Scorecard true 0% 53 Checks mostly true 0% 84 Checks half true 0% 71 Checks mostly false 0% 81 Checks false 0% 72 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 24 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Women stated on November 6, 2025 X post “Evidence suggests that 1 in 25 women who consume (abortion) pills are hospitalized.” By Samantha Putterman • November 14, 2025 Donald Trump stated on September 22, 2025 a press conference “There's no downside” to avoiding Tylenol or acetaminophen use while pregnant. By Madison Czopek • September 23, 2025 Pete Hegseth stated on April 29, 2025 an X post The federal government’s Women, Peace and Security program is a “Biden initiative.” By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2025 Social Media stated on March 5, 2025 in social media posts "Apple quietly removed International Women’s Day from their calendar app.” March 7, 2025 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.” February 21, 2025 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. November 26, 2024 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.” By Samantha Putterman • November 11, 2024 Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2024 a Facebook post “Elon Musk launches new pregnancy robot.” October 29, 2024 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.” By Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2024 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. By Samantha Putterman • September 21, 2024 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.’ By Andy Nguyen • September 18, 2024 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.” By Samantha Putterman • September 17, 2024 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.’” By Samantha Putterman • August 30, 2024 JD Vance stated on July 28, 2024 an interview Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.” By Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2024 Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 a campaign event Project 2025 calls for restricting “access to IVF and contraception.” By Samantha Putterman • July 24, 2024 Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2024 an Instagram post Switzerland banned mammograms. By Mia Penner • July 16, 2024 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." By Samantha Putterman • July 11, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 27, 2024 a Threads post C-sections are coded as abortions in hospitals. By Samantha Putterman • July 5, 2024 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.” By Hope Karnopp • June 14, 2024 Ron Johnson stated on April 15, 2024 Podcast "Every Senate Democrat has voted to support unlimited abortions up to the moment of birth.” By D.L. 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