Latest Fact-checks on Cecile Richards Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Cecile Richards stated on July 26, 2016 in remarks to the Texas delegation at the Democratic National Convention as webcast by the Texas Tribun: Barack Obama "ended up getting re-elected by the largest gender gap in the history of American elections." Cecile Richards stated on February 9, 2016 in a forum in Los Angeles: "In Ohio, more than half the providers of safe and legal abortion have had to shut down" since Gov. John Kasich took office in 2011. Cecile Richards stated on December 15, 2015 in an interview by actress Lena Dunham: "More than 60 percent of people in America support Planned Parenthood and only 11 percent approve of Congress." Cecile Richards stated on December 6, 2013 in an interview with Texas Monthly: The "U.S. has the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any Western industrialized country."
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Cecile Richards stated on July 26, 2016 in remarks to the Texas delegation at the Democratic National Convention as webcast by the Texas Tribun: Barack Obama "ended up getting re-elected by the largest gender gap in the history of American elections." Cecile Richards stated on February 9, 2016 in a forum in Los Angeles: "In Ohio, more than half the providers of safe and legal abortion have had to shut down" since Gov. John Kasich took office in 2011. Cecile Richards stated on December 15, 2015 in an interview by actress Lena Dunham: "More than 60 percent of people in America support Planned Parenthood and only 11 percent approve of Congress." Cecile Richards stated on December 6, 2013 in an interview with Texas Monthly: The "U.S. has the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any Western industrialized country."
Cecile Richards stated on July 26, 2016 in remarks to the Texas delegation at the Democratic National Convention as webcast by the Texas Tribun: Barack Obama "ended up getting re-elected by the largest gender gap in the history of American elections."
Cecile Richards stated on February 9, 2016 in a forum in Los Angeles: "In Ohio, more than half the providers of safe and legal abortion have had to shut down" since Gov. John Kasich took office in 2011.
Cecile Richards stated on December 15, 2015 in an interview by actress Lena Dunham: "More than 60 percent of people in America support Planned Parenthood and only 11 percent approve of Congress."
Cecile Richards stated on December 6, 2013 in an interview with Texas Monthly: The "U.S. has the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any Western industrialized country."
