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Snopes→ Have US Abortion-Related Deaths Decreased Since Roe v. Wade?
To suggest a decline in abortion-related deaths was purely due to the legalization of the procedure is an overgeneralization.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walmart Has NOT Announced A Plan To Offer Abortion Services – That Claim Is Satirical
Has Walmart announced a plan to offer abortion services? No, that's not true: The creator of a video that made the claim labelled as satirical his "report" that the major retailer would offer abortion services . The claim appeared in a vi
PolitiFact→ Lindsey Graham – Fact-checking Lindsey Graham on the US allowing abortions at 20 weeks
“We’re one of the seven nations in the world that allow abortion on demand at 20 weeks.”
Logically→ A fetus feels pain during an abortion procedure.
Studies show that fetuses do not have a connection to the brain, and as a result, they cannot feel pain during an abortion procedure.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misattribute Phrase ‘Domestic Supply of Infants’ in Draft Opinion on Abortion
Quick Take In a footnote of a draft opinion on abortion access, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito quoted from a 2008 government report on the demand for adoption in the U.S., which used the phrase, “domestic supply of infants.” Posts on so
Snopes→ Roe Leak: No, Justices Didn’t Argue Against Abortion to Boost ‘Domestic Supply of Infants’
Abortion-rights activists responded with outrage to a footnote from the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. What it actually said was very different.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Individuals Who Seek Or Get Abortion in Alabama Are NOT ‘Thrown In Prison For Life’
Are people in Alabama who seek or get an abortion "thrown in prison for life," even if the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest? No, that's not true: There's no such law in Alabama. In 2019, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a bil
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video shows “Sister Cindy,” an anti-abortion preacher and TikTok star, speaking sarcastically
Video shows abortion rights activist urging women to "run on down to the abortion clinic" if they get pregnant.
PolitiFact→ Dave McCormick – Mehmet Oz supports abortion in limited cases, but wants Roe v. Wade overturned
Mehmet Oz is “pro-abortion.”
Truth or Fiction?→ … ‘In the 90s, the [Supreme] Court Held That Protesting Outside of the Homes of Abortion Clinic Employees Is Protected by the First Amendment’
On May 9 2022, discourse about the SCOTUS/Roe v. Wade leak turned to ongoing protests outside the homes of Supreme Court justices — and a very popular tweet suggested that in the 1990s, that same court ruled that protests outside the homes of abo
PolitiFact→ Why Democrats’ control of the White House and Congress isn't enough to pass law protecting abortion
Without changing voting rules in the Senate, Democrats don’t have the votes to pass legislation that would protect abortion access.
AllSides→ What would the end of Roe mean for access to abortion pill?
https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/may/06/ask-politifact-what-would-end-roe-mean-access-abor/ A dr
PolitiFact→ Pam Keith – Tennessee passed a ban on mailing abortion pills, not emergency contraceptives like Plan B
“Tennessee just banned Plan B and made it a crime punishable by a $50,000 fine to order it.”
Snopes→ Is Abortion Permitted in Judaism?
And what do other religions say about it?
PolitiFact→ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Texas law targets abortion providers, not patients
"In Texas, Republicans passed a law allowing rapists to sue their victims for getting an abortion."
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Not Ban Abortion
(Photograph by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.)Last week, Politico published a draft of a majority opinion for the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The draft opinion is written by Justice Samuel Alito,
AllSides→ Biden Hasn’t ‘Stopped Abortion,’ Contrary to Social Media Claim
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/05/biden-hasnt-stopped-abortion-contrary-to-social-media-claim/ A leaked
PolitiFact→ Andrea Stewart-Cousins – More than 50 years ago in New York, Republican support for abortion
When the New York State Senate voted to legalize abortion in 1970, 12 Republican senators voted in favor of it.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Netherlands Does NOT Have Lowest Abortion Rate In The World, But Its Rate IS Low Compared To Other Countries
Does the Netherlands have the lowest abortion rate in the world? No, that's not true: Although the Netherlands has a low abortion rate, with data showing that it has an estimated average annual rate of seven abortions per 1,000 women, it
FactCheck.org→ Biden Hasn’t ‘Stopped Abortion,’ Contrary to Social Media Claim
Quick Take A leaked draft opinion suggests that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Shortly after the document was published, a meme began circulating that falsely claims President Joe Biden has “[s]topped abortion.” Full
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: What would the end of Roe mean for access to abortion pill?
Many states have already passed restrictions that reduce access to abortion pills. If Roe v. Wade is overturned by SCOTUS and states ban abortions, such bans would also include abortion pills.
Logically→ The Guttmacher Institute admits that almost 99 percent of abortions are just birth control.
A 2015 report notes that 92 percent of abortions were "elective." This is not the same as birth control, which prevents pregnancies.
Poynter→ Jeanine Pirro wrongly says there are 63 million abortions per year in the US
Abortion rates and the number of overall abortion procedures have been declining in the U.S. over the last decade, data show. But if you were watching a May 3 segment […] The post Jeanine Pirro wrongly says there are 63 million abortions per year
Washington Post→ A pair of Four-Pinocchio abortion claims
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) each earn Four Pinocchios for claims they made in recent days about abortion laws.
PolitiFact→ Why polling about abortion hides the true complexity of what Americans think
A lot of Americans on both sides of the abortion debate are certain that public opinion is on their side. But measuring public opinion on abortion is much trickier than advocates on either side would like to believe.
PolitiFact→ National Republican Senatorial Committee – Do Republicans want to throw doctors who break abortion laws in jail? Their plans say yes
“Republicans DO NOT want to throw doctors” in jail.
Truth or Fiction?→ What Percent of Americans Believe Abortion Should Be Illegal?
On May 4 2022, a Reddit user shared a chart to r/dataisbeautiful amid ongoing, extremely fraught discourse about a leaked Supreme Court decision that aims to overturn Roe v. Wade: [OC] The Percent of Americans Who Believe Abortion Should Be
Snopes→ Next Battle over Access to Abortion Will Focus on Pills
Use of abortion pills has been rising in the U.S. since 2000 when the FDA approved mifepristone — the main drug used in medication abortions.
PolitiFact→ Satanic Temple’s fight over abortion rights, Roe v Wade so far is unsuccessful
Some social media users are saying joining the Satanic Temple can protect your “religious freedom of abortion.” While the temple has fought for abortion rights in court, thus far it hasn’t been successful.
PolitiFact→ Jeanine Pirro – Jeanine Pirro wrongly says there are 63 million abortions per year in the U.S.
“There are 63 million abortions a year in this country.”
Snopes→ As US Poised to Restrict Abortion, Other Nations Ease Access
As women in the United States find themselves on the verge of possibly losing the constitutional right to abortion, courts in many other parts of the world have been moving in the opposite direction.
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact Wisconsin abortion-related factchecks
PolitiFact Wisconsin abortion-related factchecks
PolitiFact→ Charlie Crist – Crist says he ‘always’ supported abortion access. But his record shows inconsistency
Says he has “always” believed “in a woman’s right to choose.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this Colorado law does not allow abortions ‘up until the moment of birth’
“Colorado Governor Jared Polis has just signed into law a bill legalizing abortions through all nine months, up until the moment of birth.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Colorado Bill Does NOT Expand Abortion Limits — It Only Codifies The State’s Existing Reproductives Rights Including No Gestational Time Limit
Did Colorado Gov. Jared Polis sign a bill that legalizes abortion up until the time of birth? Not exactly: Although Polis did sign HB22-1279, also known as the Reproductive Health Equity Act, or RHEA, that bill only codified the state's a
Snopes→ Oklahoma State House Approves Bill to Make Abortion Illegal
The bill would make performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
PolitiFact→ How an unproven abortion ‘reversal’ treatment has advanced in the US
As the fight over abortion rights in U.S. continues, anti-abortion activists are touting an “abortion pill reversal treatment” that reproductive medical experts say isn’t backed by science.
Snopes→ Maryland Bill That Would Codify Abortion Rights Draws Backlash from Anti-Abortion Groups
An expert we consulted said the bill, if enacted, would not legalize infanticide.
PolitiFact→ Bob Good – Bob Good invents a position for Ketanji Brown Jackson on late-term abortions
Ketanji Brown Jackson “believes in abortion on demand up to the moment of birth.”