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Kay Bailey Hutchison

Kay Bailey Hutchison

True

Twenty, nearly 20 years after KBH arrived

Says the Senate will have a record number of female senators in 2013.  

Wendy Davis

Wendy Davis

Half-True

Estimate: 83,000 have lost state services

Says because of Texas lawmakers’ choices, "hundreds of thousands of women no longer have access to basic medical care, life-saving cancer screenings and contraception."

Michelle Malkin

Michelle Malkin

True

It made national news in ’93

Says Gloria Steinem once called Kay Bailey Hutchison a "female impersonator."

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.

Kyleen Wright

Kyleen Wright

Mostly False

Shy of No. 1

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

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.

Barbara Ann Radnofsky

Barbara Ann Radnofsky

Pants on Fire!

Victims aren't stuck with the bill

"The attorney general requires that rape victims pay for the rape kit."

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