A video clip showing the Arkansas Republican gubernatorial candidate went viral following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The United States Has the Highest Maternal Mortality Rate of Any Developed Country’
On June 27 2022, an Imgur user shared a post claiming the United States had the highest rate of maternal mortality among developed nations, as part of am ongoing national discussion about the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade: Wh
Snopes→ Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling Sets off New Court Fights
The Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade moved to courtrooms around the country as anti-abortion advocates looked to quickly enact statewide bans and their opponents sought to buy more time.
Snopes→ Dick’s Sporting Goods Announces Employee Abortion Benefits
The news of Dick's Sporting Goods offering employees and others travel reimbursements came after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Roe reversal, ending national access to abortion, makes US an outlier among developed nations
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade "made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world" on abortion rights.
Snopes→ George Carlin: ‘Rights Aren’t Rights If Someone Can Take Them Away’
A quote from the late comedian was widely circulated after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Truth or Fiction?→ Democrats Singing ‘God Bless America’ on June 24 2022
On June 24 2022, the Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision preserving abortion rights, Roe v. Wade; as protests began to take shape in Washington, DC, a video of Democrats purportedly singing “God Bless America” at the Capitol spre
Snopes→ Explainer: What Are ‘Trigger Laws’?
Some states enacted laws to automatically ban or restrict abortion in anticipation of a U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
PolitiFact→ Now that Roe is gone, what happens in the states?
Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the rules governing abortion revert to the states. Here’s a rundown on what happens next, state by state.
Snopes→ What High Court’s Roe Ruling Means for Women’s Health
Millions of women in the U.S. will be affected by the ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Snopes→ Justices Dismiss Trump-Era Immigration Case, in a Biden Win
The Supreme Court said it was wrong to wade into a dispute involving a Trump-era immigration rule that the Biden administration has abandoned, so the justices dismissed the case.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Christians Against Ms. Marvel’ Facebook Group
On June 8 2022, a tweet about the Facebook group “Christians Against Ms. Marvel” was wildly and virally popular: Thanos was right, half of humanity needs to go pic.twitter.com/bl8jiwd9fs — Julian Tesolin (famous era) (@TesolinJulian
Snopes→ Armed Man Arrested for Threat to Kill Justice Kavanaugh
The man told police he was upset by a leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is about to overrule Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion case.
Truth or Fiction?→ [Not] ‘Written by a Uvalde Mom’ Facebook Post
On June 3 2022, a post that was described as written by an “Uvalde mom” was “popular now” in Facebook search — relating to a circulating status update attributed to the mother of a child killed in the Uvalde, Texas school
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About an Alabama Abortion Law
Pro-choice protesters in front of the Alabama Capitol in 2019. (Photo by Seth Herald/AFP via Getty Images)Viral social media posts claim that “if a 12-year-old girl is raped and impregnated by her father, she must carry to term, or be thrown in p
Truth or Fiction?→ Head of Shuttered DHS Disinfo Agency Says She Got Death Threats Amid Right-Wing Campaign
Besides being targeted by a right-wing disinformation campaign, the official who would have headed up a federal initiative fighting that sort of rhetoric said she received daily death threats. “Over the last three weeks, I maybe had one or two da
AllSides→ Plan B Pills Still Legal in Tennessee and Missouri, Contrary to Social Media Claims
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/05/plan-b-pills-still-legal-in-tennessee-and-missouri-contrary-to-social-media-claims/
FactCheck.org→ Plan B Pills Still Legal in Tennessee and Missouri, Contrary to Social Media Claims
Quick Take Proposed legislation in Tennessee and Missouri would not regulate Plan B contraception pills, and experts say state “trigger laws” that would take effect if Roe v. Wade were overturned will not ban methods of birth control. But social me
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Guarantee That Joining Satanic Temple Would Give Legal Religious Protection To Terminate Pregnancy
Does joining The Satanic Temple give a member legal protection to terminate a pregnancy? Not necessarily: According to legal experts, it could -- but joining "opportunistically" probably won't be applicable. Or as Mark Tushnet, the Willia
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tennessee, Missouri Are NOT Banning Plan B, Other Emergency Contraceptive Pills
Did Tennessee and Missouri ban Plan B and other emergency contraceptive pills? No, that's not true: These states are not banning Plan B and other morning-after pills at the time of writing. Tennessee legislators passed a bill criminalizin
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
AllSides→ What Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett Said About Roe at Confirmation Hearings
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/05/what-gorsuch-kavanaugh-and-barrett-said-about-roe-at-confirmation-hearings/
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
FactCheck.org→ What Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett Said About Roe at Confirmation Hearings
In the wake of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that indicates the court could overturn Roe v. Wade, some lawmakers have charged that conservative Supreme Court justices led them astray during Senate confirmation hearings. We’ll look at wha
Snopes→ Portland ‘Crisis Pregnancy Center’ Hit With Vandalism
The incident followed a leaked draft decision showing the U.S. Supreme Court potentially overturning Roe v. Wade, a landmark abortion ruling.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Alito and Barrett Claim That America Needs a ‘Domestic Supply of Infants’?
(Photograph by Erin Schaff/Getty Images.)A viral tweet claims that Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito justified overturning Roe v. Wade in the leaked draft majority opinion because “the US needs a ‘domestic supply of
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
Truth or Fiction?→ Louisiana IUD Bill
On May 6 2022, a Twitter screenshot posted to Imgur suggested that Louisiana planned to vote to criminalize IUDs. No link was provided, but the screenshot of a tweet by Pam Keith was originally shared on May 5 2022: Louisiana is voting on a bill to
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.
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
PolitiFact→ Jeffrey Toobin – Sometimes SCOTUS leaks happen, but a leaked majority opinion draft is new
“There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.”
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Domestic Supply of Infants’
On May 4 2022, an Imgur user shared a post titled “Domestic Supply of Infants,” which contained a screengrab of a footnote to a recently leaked Supreme Court draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade: The blurry image of the footnote [46] rea
Snopes→ Did Pastor Dave Barnhart Say, ‘The Unborn Are a Convenient Group of People to Advocate For’?
This quote went viral in May 2022 as many feared that Roe v. Wade would be overturned in the U.S.
Poynter→ What would state laws look like in a post-Roe world?
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 […] The post What would state laws look like in a
PolitiFact→ What would state laws look like in a post-Roe world?
If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, as a leaked draft ruling suggests it might, then the rules governing abortion would revert to the states. In many states, the laws would either sharply restrict abortion or protect it.
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Hermit Crabs Line Up to Exchange Shells?
On April 2 2022, Twitter user @cottoncandaddy stated they just learned “hermit crabs who need new shells” will “gather … and trade shells”: I just learned that if a hermit crab finds a new shell that is too big it will w