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Search results for "Florida couple in IVF clinic's embryo mix-up will keep baby who is not genetically theirs"

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Fact-checks (23518)

Elissa Slotkin stated on September 11, 2024 in a TV ad:
Mike Rogers supported “laws that could eliminate IVF and birth control.”
By Caleb McCullough• September 13, 2024
Raw Story stated on February 11, 2015 in headline over an article on the Raw Story website:
"Georgia lawmaker pushes bill banning creation of ‘glow in the dark’ human-jellyfish hybrids."
By April Hunt• February 20, 2015
Ultraviolet stated on August 16, 2012 in a graphic on the Internet:
Paul Ryan would "outlaw in vitro fertilization."
By Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2012
Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a campaign event:
Project 2025 calls for restricting “access to IVF and contraception.”
By Samantha Putterman• July 24, 2024
Dave Weldon stated on July 23, 2012 in a mock debate:
Embryonic stem cell research is at a "dead end, with no one good example of a successful treatment."
By Katie Sanders• July 31, 2012
Herman Cain stated on March 15, 2011 in a talk at a conservative think tank:
Said Planned Parenthood’s early objective was to "help kill black babies before they came into the world."
By Willoughby Mariano• April 8, 2011
Rick Scott stated on June 08, 2010 in a campaign mail piece.:
"Bill McCollum holds the same position on (embryonic stem cell research) as Barack Obama."
By Aaron Sharockman• June 11, 2010
Ron DeSantis stated on July 18, 2023 in an interview:
“In some liberal states, you actually have post-birth abortions.”
By Samantha Putterman• July 21, 2023
Richard Corcoran stated on April 27, 2011 in comments during House floor debate:
"90 percent of babies with Down syndrome are aborted."
By Aaron Sharockman• April 28, 2011
Melanie Crozier stated on July 21, 2010 in a Politico article:
Karen Handel "would have felt like it was OK to go in and abort" Sarah Palin's son Trig, who has Down syndrome.
By Willoughby Mariano• July 26, 2010
Donald Trump stated on April 08, 2024 in a video posted on Truth Social:
Democrats support abortion measures that result in the “execution” of babies “after birth.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• April 8, 2024
Instagram posts stated on June 24, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Plan B can cause an abortion. It’s right there on the box.”
By Samantha Putterman• June 30, 2022
X posts stated on January 21, 2025 in a post:
“Under Trump's executive order, every single person in America is now legally classified as female.”
By Grace Abels• January 29, 2025
Hillary Clinton stated on December 01, 2015 in a post on her campaign website:
"Ted Cruz tried to ban contraception" five times.
By Louis Jacobson• December 2, 2015
Instagram posts stated on February 17, 2022 in a Instagram post:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has amassed the “largest collection of human data in history” through COVID-19 PCR tests.
By Yacob Reyes• February 23, 2022
Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2022 in a post:
Barack and Michelle Obama are not the real parents of their children.
By Gabrielle Settles• September 15, 2022
Facebook posts stated on July 23, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Baby carrots are soaked in bleach and can cause cancer.
By Gabrielle Settles• July 29, 2022
Ohio Democratic Party stated on July 14, 2013 in an emailed statement:
Says proposed anti-abortion legislation "would force women facing the most personal of health decisions to endure a transvaginal ultrasound."
By Brandon Blackwell• July 12, 2013
Texas Right to Life stated on December 05, 2014 in an email blast:
University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 10, 2014
Scott Walker stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview:
If women seeking an abortion see their ultrasound, "the odds are pretty high they're going to keep the baby."
By Tom Kertscher• July 22, 2015

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