0 People 705 Fact-checks 253 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (705) Opportunity Wisconsin stated on September 14, 2023 in News release: "The repeal of Roe v. Wade has exacerbated the state’s OB-GYN shortage as residency programs report a decline in enrollment due to the inability of residents to receive training in-state." By Madeline Heim• October 25, 2023 Threads posts stated on November 06, 2024 in a Threads post: “Abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester. Literally never. They just do a C-section.” By Samantha Putterman• November 11, 2024 Rick Perry stated on August 17, 2011 in a speech at "Politics and Eggs" in Bedford, N.H.: Says Texas gained 21,000 doctors due to tort reform. By Jon Greenberg• August 25, 2011 Carol Alvarado stated on March 02, 2011 in remarks on the House floor: Says women who need a sonogram in the eighth to 10th week of pregnancy have to get a transvaginal sonogram. By Ciara O'Rourke• March 10, 2011 Elon Musk stated on February 16, 2024 in a post: There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.” By Samantha Putterman• February 23, 2024 Blake Farenthold stated on January 23, 2011 in an op-ed: "Despite claims that you can 'keep the health care plan you like,' the Obama Administration has predicted that as many as 7 out of 10 Americans with employer-provided health coverage could lose their current health plan." By Louis Jacobson• February 2, 2011 Phil Gingrey stated on January 10, 2013 in a speech: U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin was "partly right" that a woman's body has a way of shutting down so that a pregnancy doesn't occur if she's raped. By Janel Davis, Eric Stirgus• January 16, 2013 Liberal Groups stated on September 06, 2022 in TV ad: Says Tim Michels' family foundation "funded an organization that tracks women when they get near abortion clinics … he wants to treat women like they're the criminals." By Madeline Heim• September 20, 2022 Barack Obama stated on October 17, 2012 in the second presidential debate at Hofstra University: "There are millions of women all across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood for not just contraceptive care; they rely on it for mammograms." By Louis Jacobson• October 30, 2012 Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post: “There’s no such thing as menopause.” By Madison Czopek• August 30, 2024 Alliance Defending Freedom stated on August 03, 2015 in a Twitter post: "Zero Planned Parenthood facilities are licensed to do mammograms. Planned Parenthood, women don’t need you!" By April Hunt• August 21, 2015 Rick Scott stated on September 03, 2010 in a meeting with reporters in Tallahassee: "The stimulus has not created one private sector job." By Becky Bowers• September 17, 2010 Blake Masters stated on July 22, 2022 in remarks at a Trump rally in Arizona: Sen. Mark Kelly “voted to legalize abortion up until the moment of birth.” By Jon Greenberg• August 1, 2022 Threads posts stated on July 27, 2024 in a Threads post: C-sections are coded as abortions in hospitals. By Samantha Putterman• July 5, 2024 Tim Sheehy stated on June 08, 2024 in in a U.S. Senate candidate debate: “Elective abortions up to and including the moment of birth. Healthy, 9-month-year-old baby killed at the moment of birth. That’s what Jon Tester and the Democrats have voted for.” By Matt Volz• July 10, 2024 Chris Matthews stated on June 04, 2012 in comments on MSNBC's "Hardball": Under Florida’s voting law, a requirement to turn in voter registrations within 48 hours "makes it impossible to meet the deadline if you’re working right to the end of the week." By Aaron Sharockman• June 12, 2012 Facebook posts stated on February 01, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Johns Hopkins virologist "James Kelly" said the COVID-19 vaccine “discriminates, divides, and judges society as it is.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 3, 2022 David A. Clarke Jr. stated on January 25, 2013 in a radio interview: "I had to lay off 48 people last year," which has exacerbated the lack of law enforcement officers in the county that respond quickly to crime calls. By Tom Kertscher• January 31, 2013 Lenny Curry stated on March 28, 2012 in an interview: "Before this law, any group could go out anywhere, register voters, sit on the voter registration forms for unlimited amount of time." By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2012 Louise Slaughter stated on November 07, 2009 in a statement on the House floor: Women pay 48 percent more for health insurance. By Catharine Richert• November 9, 2009 Articles (253) The FDA removed warnings from menopause medications. What should I ask my doctor about HRT? By Grace Abels• November 19, 2025 PolitiFact's Top 5 fact-checks for January By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 4, 2014 Eddie Lucio: 40 percent of McAllen constituents obese By W. Gardner Selby• January 9, 2014 Debunking Rick Perry's claim about tort reform By Jon Greenberg• August 26, 2011 Doctors ‘strongly discourage’ using herbs to induce a miscarriage By Jeff Cercone, Madison Czopek• July 6, 2022 What is 'covfefe'? By Aaron Sharockman• May 31, 2017 Checking out Neil deGrasse Tyson’s comparison of mass shootings to other causes of death By Bill McCarthy• August 7, 2019 Claims in the Mary Burke-Scott Walker race about higher education By Dave Umhoefer• October 31, 2014 The Obama scorecard By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 18, 2011 All abortion bans include exceptions for a mother’s life. But are they working? By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Samantha Putterman• June 23, 2023 Fact-checking claims about the Texas economy By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• August 16, 2011 Rick Perry and the Texas economy By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• August 16, 2011 Miscellaneous claims in the Scott Walker-Mary Burke race By Dave Umhoefer• November 3, 2014 Fact-checking Trump as GOP health bill stalls By Jon Greenberg• March 25, 2017 Gaza children face dire starvation risk, but one UN leader’s mistaken timeline caused confusion By Grace Abels• May 23, 2025 Fact-checking Donald Trump's Nashville rally By Lauren Carroll, Miriam Valverde• March 16, 2017 PolitiFact Florida Mailbag: 'You are shills for this vicious fascist governor' By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 26, 2012 George Will “hearts” Rick Perry By W. Gardner Selby• June 27, 2011 2010: The Year in Misrepresentations By Willoughby Mariano• December 20, 2010 Rick Perry airs 2010 "lie of year" in fund-raising pitch By W. Gardner Selby• August 25, 2011
Opportunity Wisconsin stated on September 14, 2023 in News release: "The repeal of Roe v. Wade has exacerbated the state’s OB-GYN shortage as residency programs report a decline in enrollment due to the inability of residents to receive training in-state." By Madeline Heim• October 25, 2023 Threads posts stated on November 06, 2024 in a Threads post: “Abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester. Literally never. They just do a C-section.” By Samantha Putterman• November 11, 2024 Rick Perry stated on August 17, 2011 in a speech at "Politics and Eggs" in Bedford, N.H.: Says Texas gained 21,000 doctors due to tort reform. By Jon Greenberg• August 25, 2011 Carol Alvarado stated on March 02, 2011 in remarks on the House floor: Says women who need a sonogram in the eighth to 10th week of pregnancy have to get a transvaginal sonogram. By Ciara O'Rourke• March 10, 2011 Elon Musk stated on February 16, 2024 in a post: There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.” By Samantha Putterman• February 23, 2024 Blake Farenthold stated on January 23, 2011 in an op-ed: "Despite claims that you can 'keep the health care plan you like,' the Obama Administration has predicted that as many as 7 out of 10 Americans with employer-provided health coverage could lose their current health plan." By Louis Jacobson• February 2, 2011 Phil Gingrey stated on January 10, 2013 in a speech: U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin was "partly right" that a woman's body has a way of shutting down so that a pregnancy doesn't occur if she's raped. By Janel Davis, Eric Stirgus• January 16, 2013 Liberal Groups stated on September 06, 2022 in TV ad: Says Tim Michels' family foundation "funded an organization that tracks women when they get near abortion clinics … he wants to treat women like they're the criminals." By Madeline Heim• September 20, 2022 Barack Obama stated on October 17, 2012 in the second presidential debate at Hofstra University: "There are millions of women all across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood for not just contraceptive care; they rely on it for mammograms." By Louis Jacobson• October 30, 2012 Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post: “There’s no such thing as menopause.” By Madison Czopek• August 30, 2024 Alliance Defending Freedom stated on August 03, 2015 in a Twitter post: "Zero Planned Parenthood facilities are licensed to do mammograms. Planned Parenthood, women don’t need you!" By April Hunt• August 21, 2015 Rick Scott stated on September 03, 2010 in a meeting with reporters in Tallahassee: "The stimulus has not created one private sector job." By Becky Bowers• September 17, 2010 Blake Masters stated on July 22, 2022 in remarks at a Trump rally in Arizona: Sen. Mark Kelly “voted to legalize abortion up until the moment of birth.” By Jon Greenberg• August 1, 2022 Threads posts stated on July 27, 2024 in a Threads post: C-sections are coded as abortions in hospitals. By Samantha Putterman• July 5, 2024 Tim Sheehy stated on June 08, 2024 in in a U.S. Senate candidate debate: “Elective abortions up to and including the moment of birth. Healthy, 9-month-year-old baby killed at the moment of birth. That’s what Jon Tester and the Democrats have voted for.” By Matt Volz• July 10, 2024 Chris Matthews stated on June 04, 2012 in comments on MSNBC's "Hardball": Under Florida’s voting law, a requirement to turn in voter registrations within 48 hours "makes it impossible to meet the deadline if you’re working right to the end of the week." By Aaron Sharockman• June 12, 2012 Facebook posts stated on February 01, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Johns Hopkins virologist "James Kelly" said the COVID-19 vaccine “discriminates, divides, and judges society as it is.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 3, 2022 David A. Clarke Jr. stated on January 25, 2013 in a radio interview: "I had to lay off 48 people last year," which has exacerbated the lack of law enforcement officers in the county that respond quickly to crime calls. By Tom Kertscher• January 31, 2013 Lenny Curry stated on March 28, 2012 in an interview: "Before this law, any group could go out anywhere, register voters, sit on the voter registration forms for unlimited amount of time." By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2012 Louise Slaughter stated on November 07, 2009 in a statement on the House floor: Women pay 48 percent more for health insurance. By Catharine Richert• November 9, 2009
The FDA removed warnings from menopause medications. What should I ask my doctor about HRT? By Grace Abels• November 19, 2025 PolitiFact's Top 5 fact-checks for January By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 4, 2014 Eddie Lucio: 40 percent of McAllen constituents obese By W. Gardner Selby• January 9, 2014 Debunking Rick Perry's claim about tort reform By Jon Greenberg• August 26, 2011 Doctors ‘strongly discourage’ using herbs to induce a miscarriage By Jeff Cercone, Madison Czopek• July 6, 2022 What is 'covfefe'? By Aaron Sharockman• May 31, 2017 Checking out Neil deGrasse Tyson’s comparison of mass shootings to other causes of death By Bill McCarthy• August 7, 2019 Claims in the Mary Burke-Scott Walker race about higher education By Dave Umhoefer• October 31, 2014 The Obama scorecard By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 18, 2011 All abortion bans include exceptions for a mother’s life. But are they working? By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Samantha Putterman• June 23, 2023 Fact-checking claims about the Texas economy By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• August 16, 2011 Rick Perry and the Texas economy By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• August 16, 2011 Miscellaneous claims in the Scott Walker-Mary Burke race By Dave Umhoefer• November 3, 2014 Fact-checking Trump as GOP health bill stalls By Jon Greenberg• March 25, 2017 Gaza children face dire starvation risk, but one UN leader’s mistaken timeline caused confusion By Grace Abels• May 23, 2025 Fact-checking Donald Trump's Nashville rally By Lauren Carroll, Miriam Valverde• March 16, 2017 PolitiFact Florida Mailbag: 'You are shills for this vicious fascist governor' By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 26, 2012 George Will “hearts” Rick Perry By W. Gardner Selby• June 27, 2011 2010: The Year in Misrepresentations By Willoughby Mariano• December 20, 2010 Rick Perry airs 2010 "lie of year" in fund-raising pitch By W. Gardner Selby• August 25, 2011
