Quick Take A bill introduced in the North Carolina House of Representatives last year said anyone getting an abortion should be “held accountable” for murder. The bill received little support and did not advance. But social media posts misleadi
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Truth or Fiction?→ YouTube Targeting ‘Abortion Misinformation’ Post-Dobbs
Nearly a month after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24 2022, YouTube indicated that it would identify and remove “abortion misinformation” from its platform in a July 21 2022 statement: YouTube says it will cra
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: North Carolina Bill Is NOT Expected To Legalize Murdering A Pregnant Woman To Defend Baby’s Life
Is North Carolina House Bill 158 expected to legalize the murder of a pregnant woman if the person who kills the woman is defending the life of the baby? Not really: Although state representatives did propose HB158 -- which would allow a
Poynter→ 15 states with new or impending abortion limits have no exceptions for rape, incest
Most of the states that have acted quickly to curb abortions after the reversal of Roe v. Wade have decided to do away with one longstanding element of abortion policymaking: […] The post 15 states with new or impending abortion limits have no ex
PolitiFact→ Many states are looking toward abortion bans with no exceptions for rape, incest
More than 75% of Americans support allowing legal abortions in cases of rape and incest. But such exceptions are absent from most of the abortion bans that are poised to become law in some states.
Health Feedback→ Abortion can be medically necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman
REVIEW In a video published by the organization Live Action, which opposes abortion, neonatologist Kendra Kolb claimed that abortion is never medically necessary. One of the reasons she cited is that the treatment of life-threatening conditions like
Health Feedback→ Abortifacient plants are dangerous, and ineffective as an abortion method
REVIEW On 24 June 2022 the U.S. Supreme Court of Justice overturned the 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling, putting an end to the constitutional protection of abortion rights and enabling each state to set its own laws regulating abortions. As more than 10 st
AllSides→ Noem’s Misleading Claim About Safety of Medication Abortion
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/noems-misleading-claim-about-safety-of-medication-abortion/ The Food
FactCheck.org→ Noem’s Misleading Claim About Safety of Medication Abortion
The Food and Drug Administration and numerous peer-reviewed academic studies have concluded that medication abortions are “safe and effective” and that serious adverse events from medication abortion are relatively rare. Recent research on
PolitiFact→ How strong are HIPAA protections in a post-Roe world?
Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, some are wondering whether governments in states that are newly outlawing abortion could use medical records to surveil for possible abortions. Experts say the idea is by no means far-fetched.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clarence Thomas Did NOT Claim ‘Aborted Fetus Cells’ Are In COVID Vaccines In Decision Not To Take Up Challenge To NY Vaccine Mandate
Did Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas claim "aborted fetus cells" are in COVID vaccines in writing a decision by the Court to not take up a legal challenge by New York health care workers who opposed the state's vaccine mandate on rel
FactCheck.org→ Herbal Recipes for Abortion Are Unproven and Can Be Dangerous, Contrary to Social Media Posts
SciCheck Digest Taking unregulated herbal cocktails to cause an abortion can be dangerous, obstetricians say. But recipes — some containing potentially toxic ingredients — for self-induced “miscarriages” have been circulating on
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Contain Fetal Tissue
Despite persistent claims to the contrary, none of the three authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccines contains fetal tissue. In an early phase of development, two of the coronavirus shots — the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna ̵
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pregnant People Should NOT Take Herbs To Have Miscarriage
Should people who are pregnant take herbs such as pennyroyal, black cohosh, blue cohosh and parsley in order to miscarry? No, that's not true: While there are studies that suggest some herbs can cause complications during pregnancy, many
FactCheck.org→ Planned Parenthood Centers Remain Open Following the Ruling on Roe v. Wade
Quick Take Planned Parenthood has not closed any of its health centers after the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the organization told us. But social media posts falsely claim that Planned Parenthood clinics have been closing “all o
FactCheck.org→ Satirical Amendment Cited in False Claims About Kentucky Abortion Law
Quick Take The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, allowing laws banning abortion in several states, including Kentucky, to take effect. But social media posts falsely claim Kentucky is considering a law requiring all women of childbearing
PolitiFact→ Can states punish women for traveling out of state to get an abortion?
One of the legal questions raised by the overturning of Roe v. Wade is whether states can legally punish women for traveling out of state to seek abortions. Legal experts say there are precedents on both sides. We take a closer look.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Myth vs. Fact: SCOTUS Dobbs Decision and America’s Attitude on Abortion’ Heritage Blog Post
On June 29 2022, Trendolizer listed a blog post from Heritage Action for America (“Myth vs. Fact: SCOTUS Dobbs Decision and America’s Attitude on Abortion”) as a virally popular link in circulation on social media. The contents of that li
Snopes→ In Flurry of Court Activity, Rulings on Abortion Bans Mixed
A federal court allowed Tennessee to ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, while in Texas a judge temporarily blocked an even stricter decades-old law from taking effect.
Truth or Fiction?→ Ectopic Pregnancy and Abortion Bans
Following the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, an urgent discussion about the legality of treating ectopic pregnancy in states with trigger laws began. One extremely viral aspect of the conversation originated with a since-delete
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
PolitiFact→ Catherine Cortez Masto – Nevada GOP Senate hopeful Adam Laxalt open to tightening abortion restrictions, but not banning it
Adam Laxalt "supports eliminating Nevada's protections for legal abortions."
PolitiFact→ Young America's Foundation – Hoax claim about Mayo Clinic, Trump supporters and ectopic pregnancy is still false
A doctor at the Mayo Clinic is misdiagnosing pregnancies of Trump supporters so they have abortions.
AllSides→ Fact check: Abortion-related deaths continued after Roe v. Wade, but occurred less often
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/06/06/fact-check-false-claim-abortion-related-deaths-ended-after-roe-ruling/9764955002/
Health Feedback→ Large-scale studies have found that COVID-19 vaccination doesn’t increase the risk of negative pregnancy outcomes, contrary to claim by Naomi Wolf
REVIEW On 25 May 2022, Steve Bannon, former White House strategist, hosted author Naomi Wolf on his podcast War Room Battleground. During the podcast, Wolf claimed that the babies of vaccinated mothers were dying in disproportionately higher numbers
Health Feedback→ Scientific evidence doesn’t support the claim that induced abortion increases the risk of breast cancer and mental illness
REVIEW On 18 May 2022, Newsmax posted to its Facebook page
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
Snopes→ Oklahoma Passes Strictest Abortion Ban; Services to Stop
Oklahoma lawmakers approved a bill prohibiting all abortions with few exceptions, and providers said they would stop performing the procedure as soon as the governor signs it.
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: 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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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.
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.
FactCheck.org→ What Happens if Roe v. Wade Is Overturned?
A leaked draft opinion indicated that the Supreme Court is ready to abolish the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion. The draft isn’t final, but what happens if the court decides that Roe “must be overru
Truth or Fiction?→ Can Congress Codify Roe v. Wade?
A May 2 2022 tweet by Sen. Bernie Sanders — asserting that Congress “must act” to codify Roe v. Wade — was widely popular on Twitter and shared at least three times to Imgur the following day: Sanders tweeted the same text twic