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Jennifer Williamson

Jennifer Williamson

Mostly True

That's not quite the case in Oregon

Says "One-third of our healthcare dollars go to wasteful insurance billing and bureaucracy."

Matthew Hill

Matthew Hill

False

No evidence to support claim

Says abortion doctors are "flying into this state, performing abortions and flying out."

Elliott Naishtat

Elliott Naishtat

Half-True

State hasn't analyzed health screenings specifically

"Nearly 45 percent of the women who receive health screenings through (the Women’s Health Program) do so at a Planned Parenthood health center."

Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Half-True

32% of those women also served by Planned Parenthood

Says that in fiscal year 2010, "nearly 80 percent of women served" in the Texas Women’s Health Program received services from a provider other than a Planned Parenthood clinic.

Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum

False

Most test results come back normal

"Amniocentesis, does, in fact, result more often than not in this country in abortion."

Alissa Keny-Guyer

Alissa Keny-Guyer

True

The number is a little old, but it's close.

Says "in Oregon only 41 percent of adults have ever been tested" for HIV.

Alan Bates

Alan Bates

True

It's all about high-cost patients.

Says "80 percent of the health care dollars are spent by 20 percent of the population."

Richard Morrison

Richard Morrison

Half-True

But Arizona's ban doesn't go quite so far.

After Arizona banned smoking in "all public places" in 2007, "admissions for acute myocardial infarction … stroke, asthma, [and] angina decreased following the implementation of the ban."

Barth Bracy

Barth Bracy

Mostly False

True in one 2009 poll, not since

The polls "show over half of Americans identify themselves as being pro-life."

Stacey Campfield

Stacey Campfield

Pants on Fire!

Completely ridiculous

AIDS was transmitted to humans because "one guy" had sex with "a monkey" and then started "having sex with men."

Michael Chippendale

Michael Chippendale

False

Something smells wrong here.

"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "

Rick Scott

Rick Scott

False

Not unless Supreme Court or Congress says so

The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land."

Jack Reed

Jack Reed

Half-True

For R.I., N.Y. and N.J. are the biggest culprits

In Rhode Island, "only 5 percent of ozone pollution is from local or in-state sources. . . Ninety-five percent comes from outside of our borders, particularly the Midwest."

Democratic National Committee

Democratic National Committee

Half-True

It's not ketchup

"House Republicans are ramming through legislation ... to classify pizza as a 'vegetable' for the purpose of school lunches." 

Adam Putnam

Adam Putnam

Half-True

Snail can carry parasite, but no sign it's in Fla.

Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis."

Edith Ajello

Edith Ajello

True

Unplanned parenthood

"Nearly half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended."

Robert Kraig

Robert Kraig

Mostly True

Not blanket protection

Wisconsin bill "grants drug companies and medical device manufacturers immunity from injuries and deaths caused by their products."

Amanda Fritz

Amanda Fritz

Mostly True

'Savings' overblown, but she was persuasive

Says that "In 2009, I saved ratepayers around $500 million by persuading the Council to pursue a less expensive compliance mechanism if the City is required to treat Bull Run drinking water."

Critics of water fluoridation

Critics of water fluoridation

Pants on Fire!

Just one of many conspiracy theories

Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews.

Earl Blumenauer

Earl Blumenauer

Mostly True

People would die, but maybe not so many

Says "Every year air pollution protections are delayed, another 34,000 people will die prematurely."

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