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Statements about Women
Stephanie DeSilva

Stephanie DeSilva

Half-True

Consistently "pro-life." But what about Roe vs. Wade?

"[Mitt] Romney and [Brendan] Doherty certainly have a lot in common, like flip-flopping on abortion -- in Doherty's case, in a little over a week."

Gwen Moore

Gwen Moore

Pants on Fire!

Contract ended, screenings didn’t

Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker eliminated "cancer screenings for uninsured women" and offered "no alternatives."  

Kyleen Wright

Kyleen Wright

Mostly False

Shy of No. 1

Says murder is the chief cause of death for pregnant women.

Tim Ryan

Tim Ryan

Mostly True

Poverty heightens health care challenge

Attacks on Planned Parenthood "come at a time when the poverty rate among women is the highest in nearly two decades and 1 in 5 women under 65 don’t have access to health care."

Edith Ajello

Edith Ajello

True

Unplanned parenthood

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

David Cicilline

David Cicilline

Pants on Fire!

4 Falses in 46 seconds.

The WIC program "is an incredibly cost effective program, serving nearly 10 million Americans each year and costing less than $100 per person. In my district, more than 18 percent of residents suffer from food insecurity and depend on WIC to make ends meet."

Roberto DaSilva

Roberto DaSilva

Mostly False

Only among women; only if suicides are excluded

"Ten percent of violent deaths in the U.S. each year are due to strangulation."

Loretta Weinberg

Loretta Weinberg

True

It's six for six

Says six of the state’s 58 family planning centers had to close because of Gov. Chris Christie’s budget cuts.

Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee

Mostly False

"Most" aren't on welfare or under-educated, and a big majority work

Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."

Carol Alvarado

Carol Alvarado

Mostly True

To get a clear image, usually true

Says women who need a sonogram in the eighth to 10th week of pregnancy have to get a transvaginal sonogram.

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann

False

IRS will treat breast pumps like other medical expenses

The government will "go out and buy my breast pump for my babies."

Kevin Rader

Kevin Rader

Mostly True

Right to life groups that support her have no mention of exceptions

Lizbeth Benacquisto's supporters "would make (abortion) illegal in all cases, including rape, incest, even to save a woman's life."

Roy Barnes

Roy Barnes

Half-True

Correct, but Barnes needs to add important context

Republican candidate for governor Nathan Deal fought to weaken Georgia's rape shield law.

Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood

Mostly False

In labeling Walker extreme, the group goes a bit beyond the facts

Says "Scott Walker tried to pass a law to allow pharmacists to block women’s access to birth control."

Mary Squires

Mary Squires

Half-True

Yes to "fights", no to "strip"

Said state insurance commissioner candidate Ralph Hudgens "fights hard" to strip women of life-saving coverage such as mammograms.

Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson

Mostly True

The difference between believing and legislating

Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child."

Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson

Mostly False

The institute may preach it, but Webster doesn't practice it

Daniel Webster "is an advocate for a group that teaches that mothers should not work outside the home."

Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson

True

Only out was adultery

"Webster sponsored a bill to create a form of marriage that would trap women in abusive relationships."

Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson

Half-True

Webster proposed an optional pre-nuptial agreement that would make divorce much more difficult

Says Daniel Webster wants to make divorce illegal, even for abused wives.

Erick Erickson

Erick Erickson

False

The bill lost, and it wouldn't have funded abortions anyway

Republican candidate for governor Nathan Deal "explicitly voted to fund abortions ..."

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