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Snopes→ Texas Order Reflects Growing GOP Vaccine Mandates Hostility
With the governor of Texas leading the charge, conservative Republicans in several states are moving to block or undercut President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for private employers before the regulations are even issued.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: State Rep DID Propose Requiring Vasectomies For Some ‘Inseminators’ — But It’s Parody Legislation After Texas Abortion Law
Did a Democratic Pennsylvania state representative create a bill that enforces reproductive responsibility for men by requiring vasectomies for some "inseminators" and by offering a $10,000 reward for reporting "scofflaws" who don't submi
Snopes→ Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Move HQ from California to Texas
Tesla says it will relocate its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas, though the electric car maker will keep expanding its manufacturing capacity in the Golden State.
Snopes→ Abortions Resume in Some Texas Clinics After Judge Halts Law
Abortions quickly resumed in at least six Texas clinics after a federal judge halted the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., but other physicians remained hesitant, afraid the court order would not stand for long and thrust them back into legal
Snopes→ Judge Orders Texas to Suspend New Law Banning Most Abortions
The order is the first legal blow to the Texas law known as Senate Bill 8, which until now had withstood a wave of early challenges.
Snopes→ Police: Student Opens Fire at Texas High School; 4 Hurt
Two people were shot and two others had unspecified injuries.
Snopes→ Texas High School on Lockdown Amid Reports of Shooting
Timberview High School was on lockdown Wednesday morning.
Snopes→ A Three-Child Limit? Bill Parodies Texas’ Strict Abortion Law
A bill proposing "forced vasectomies" and a "three-child limit" was created to parody abortion laws that restrict women's reproductive rights.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Video: Instagram Posts Spread Texas Lawmaker’s False Claims on Vaccine Testing
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/video-instagram-posts-spread-texas-lawmakers-false-claims-on-vaccine-testing/
FactCheck.org→ Video: Instagram Posts Spread Texas Lawmaker’s False Claims on Vaccine Testing
In this video, FactCheck.org and Univision Noticias teamed up to debunk false claims, spreading on social media, that were made by a state senator in Texas about vaccine safety. All three of the COVID-19 vaccines administered in the U.S. went throu
Snopes→ Biden Administration Urges Judge to Block Texas Abortion Law
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, did not say when he would rule following a nearly three-hour hearing in Austin.
Snopes→ SCAM ALERT: Texas Roadhouse Vouchers on Facebook
The bogus promotion ran on at least 13 separate inauthentic Facebook profiles, in September 2021.
Snopes→ Confusion, Misinformation Surround Texas Abortion Law
The law is headed for the courts after a San Antonio OB-GYN was sued for performing an abortion in violation of the law.
Snopes→ Official Says Only 225 Migrants Remain in Texas Border Town
Migrants driven by confusion over the Biden administration’s policies and misinformation on social media converged at the border crossing between Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico.
Snopes→ No, Louisiana Did Not Send 2,000 Alligators to Texas Border
A picture of alligators was shared on Facebook with a misleading caption about immigration, Louisiana, Texas, and the U.S.-Mexico border.
Snopes→ Texas Doctor Who Defied State’s Near-Total Abortion Ban Is Sued
A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has been sued by two people seeking to test the legality of the state’s near-total ban on the procedure.
Snopes→ Texas Lawyer Arrested for Michael Myers ‘Halloween’ Prank
The prank didn't make everyone laugh.
Snopes→ Yes, Activists Took Down the Texas GOP’s Website Over Restrictive Abortion Law
The hacker group Anonymous took credit for the vandalism.
Snopes→ Nicholas Gets Stronger, Threatens to Hit Texas As Hurricane
Tropical Storm Nicholas gathered strength and threatened to blow ashore in Texas as a hurricane that could bring up to 20 inches of rain to parts of the Gulf Coast, including the same area hit by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and storm-battered Louisiana.
Top Fact Checks→ Texas reported 14,824 rape cases in 2019.
FBI records 14,824 rape crimes reported in 2019, and 2,200 had been arrested for the crime committed in Texas.
Snopes→ Justice Dept. Sues Texas over State’s New Abortion Law
The Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."
Snopes→ Did Lyft Announce Legal Aid for Drivers Caught Up in Texas Abortion Ban?
Texas Senate Bill 8 allows private citizens to sue anyone obtaining an abortion, or assisting someone else to obtain one.
Snopes→ Did Texas Enact a Dress Code for Women?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Snopes→ Texas Governor Signs New GOP Voting Restrictions into Law
Democrats spent months protesting what they say are efforts to weaken minority turnout and preserve the GOP's eroding dominance.
Snopes→ Justice Department Will ‘Protect’ Abortion Seekers in Texas
The FACE Act prohibits physically obstructing or using the threat of force to intimidate or interfere with a person seeking reproductive health services.
Snopes→ Texas-Based Dating Apps Launch Funds to Help Women Affected By Abortion Ban
Both companies are run by women.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Whistleblower’ Abortion Website Is NOT Run By The State Of Texas
Does the state of Texas run an abortion "whistleblower" website that asks people to send anonymous tips about potential illegal abortions? No, that's not true: It's run by Texas Right to Life, a private anti-abortion organization. The cla
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Does the New Texas Law Completely Ban Abortion?
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Snopes→ New Texas Abortion Law Pushes Women to Out-Of-State Clinics
Even before a strict abortion ban took effect in Texas, clinics in neighboring states were fielding growing numbers of calls from women desperate for options.
Snopes→ High Court Votes 5-4 to Leave Texas Abortion Law in Place
The court voted to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others that sought to block enforcement of the law.
Snopes→ Texas 6-Week Abortion Ban Takes Effect, with High Court Mum
A Texas law banning most abortions in the state took effect at midnight.
Snopes→ Texas Legislature Sends Sweeping GOP Voting Bill to Governor
The GOP-controlled Texas Legislature passed a broad overhaul of the state’s election laws, tightening already strict voting rules and dealing a bruising defeat to Democrats.
Snopes→ Yes, a Texas Dad Stripped Down to His Swimsuit To Make Point About Mask Safety
The incident went viral.
FactCheck.org→ Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick’s False Claim About Unvaccinated Black People
The majority of United States residents who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 are white, according to available state data and survey research. That contradicts Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s claim that, “in most states,” Black
Snopes→ Texas Democrats Return, End 38-Day Holdout over Voting Bill
A standoff in Texas over new voting restrictions that gridlocked the state Capitol for 38 consecutive days ended when some Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., dropped their holdout, paving the way for Republicans to resume pushing an elections over
Snopes→ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Tests Positive for COVID-19
Abbott, who was vaccinated in 2020, was isolating in the governor's mansion in Austin and receiving monoclonal antibody treatment, spokesman Mark Miner said in a statement.
Top Fact Checks→ 40 percent of migrants have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Laredo, Texas.
COVID-19 positive rate among migrants in Laredo increased to 40 percent in some groups, said a complaint filed with the U.S. Southern District Court.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Could President Biden challenge Florida and Texas on mask policies? Probably not.
Amid a resurgence of coronavirus cases in the United States, the White House has expressed concern about efforts by some Republican-led states to prevent school districts from requiring masks. But the question is: Can they turn that concern into some t
Snopes→ Texas Senator Ends 15-Hour Filibuster on Voting Bill
The measure is now once again stalled since Democrats continue to stay away from the state House of Representatives in a standoff that has now entered a 32nd day.