16 People 18142 Fact-checks 6418 Articles People (16) PolitiFact go PolitiFact go The Liberty Raise Russ Girling Obama Girl Women On the Wall Institute for Women's Policy Research Concerned Women for America Protect Women Ohio Don't Let Florida Go To Pot Citizens to Support MI Women & Children League of Women Voters of Florida National Partnership for Women & Families National Women's Law Center Texas Federation of Republican Women League of Women Voters of Texas Education Fund League of Women Voters of the Austin Area Fact-checks (18142) Justin Trudeau stated on August 25, 2016 in a letter: Young women, "account for a shocking 74% of all new HIV infections among adolescents in Africa." By Joseph Cariz• September 7, 2016 Michelle Obama stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview posted on Medium: "Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP." By Jon Greenberg• April 29, 2016 Newt Gingrich stated on February 10, 2012 in a radio interview: "The biggest contribution" behind a decrease in U.S. unemployment "was 1.2 million people leaving the workforce" By Willoughby Mariano• February 29, 2012 UN's UNICEF stated on July 06, 2016 in an article on Medium: In South Sudan, "more teenage girls die in childbirth than finish high school." By Jon Greenberg• July 25, 2016 NARAL Pro-Choice America stated on November 15, 2017 in an online popup ad: Says Paul Ryan is leading the effort to "pass a tax bill with divisive conception language by disguising it as a college savings plan" in "another attempt to ban abortion and rob women of their reproductive rights." By Tom Kertscher• November 22, 2017 Justice Democrats stated on April 25, 2019 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden "voted for the Iraq War, for mass incarceration, and for the Bankruptcy Reform Act while voting against gay marriage, reproductive rights, and school desegregation." By Jon Greenberg• April 26, 2019 Facebook posts stated on September 07, 2020 in a Facebook post: “There are people trying to make legal age of consent 4 years old.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2020 Viral image stated on June 06, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows "brave women of the Red Cross" arriving in Normandy on D-Day to help injured troops. By Ciara O'Rourke• June 7, 2019 Rachel Maddow stated on June 03, 2014 in comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq. By Aaron Sharockman• June 5, 2014 Samuel Wurzelbacher stated on June 04, 2012 in a campaign video: "Marcy Kaptur voted against a ban which would have prevented the aborting of a baby girl for the sole reason that she's a girl." By Tom Feran• June 12, 2012 AmericanNews.com stated on September 02, 2014 in an article: "According to recent reports, a group of death panels organized under Obamacare ordered their first execution." By Lauren Burns• November 11, 2014 Tim O'Brien stated on February 25, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says Bernie Sanders has said “things like women get cancer from having too many orgasms, or toddlers should run around naked and touch each others' genitals to insulate themselves from porn … He's written about women's rape fantasies." By Bill McCarthy• February 26, 2020 Viral image stated on July 17, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photo shows former President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on a couch with girls. By Ciara O'Rourke• July 18, 2023 Tina Rosenberg stated on June 14, 2016 in an article: In Liberia, "a girl is more likely to be married by 18 than to know how to read." By Kate Wilkinson• August 1, 2016 Donald Trump stated on October 04, 2015 in an interview on ABC "This Week": Among Syrian refugees, "there aren't that many women, there aren't that many children." By Joshua Gillin• October 4, 2015 Ertharin Cousin stated on September 06, 2016 in a speech transcript on Medium: "One extra year of schooling for girls reduces infant mortality rates among their children by up to 10 percent." By Jon Greenberg• September 15, 2016 Nikki Haley stated on June 04, 2023 in a CNN town hall: Having "biological boys … in their locker rooms” is a reason why “a third of our teenage girls seriously contemplated suicide last year." By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 6, 2023 Hillary Clinton stated on March 05, 2008 in an interview on CNN's <i> American Morning</i>: "I've been standing up against ... the Chinese government over women's rights and standing up for human rights." By Adriel Bettelheim• March 11, 2008 Emma Watson stated on September 20, 2014 in a speech at the UN: Based on current trends, "15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children." By Jon Greenberg• September 29, 2014 Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Malala Yousafzai “is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 18, 2021 Articles (6418) Mailbag: Reader's PolitiFact rating, ‘Out of Date’ By W. Gardner Selby• August 19, 2014 Can Trump ban protesters from wearing masks? How states have used anti-mask laws before By Gabrielle Lazor, Amy Sherman• June 12, 2025 Fact-checking claims about social justice, children By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• October 3, 2014 Explaining the many sides of Chief Black Hawk’s story By Madison Black• June 28, 2021 Ad watch: Conservative PAC claims Gary Peters would 'destroy girls’ sports' By Clara Hendrickson• September 15, 2020 In this Democratic debate, health care issues took a backseat By Emmarie Huetteman• November 21, 2019 Fact-checking the second presidential debate By Linda Qiu• October 10, 2016 Emma Watson severely undercounts number of child marriages in UN speech By Jon Greenberg• September 30, 2014 Did Donald Trump shut down Michelle Obama’s ‘Let Girls Learn’ program? By Smitha Rajan• May 11, 2017 The facts, and fact checks, behind Patricia Arquette's Oscar speech By April Hunt• February 24, 2015 The facts behind a Texas Democrat's viral campaign ad By Manuela Tobias• June 28, 2018 Trump blamed Iran for a strike that hit a girls’ school. Open-source intelligence contradicted that By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• March 11, 2026 The allegations about Donald Trump and Miss Teen USA contestants By Tom Kertscher• October 18, 2016 Breast cancer and birth control: New study shows how science can be distorted By Céline Gounder• November 24, 2025 Checking LGBTQ+ talking points at the 2024 RNC By Grace Abels• July 24, 2024 Meet the 'zombie stat' that just won't die By Jon Greenberg• July 3, 2014 Bill Clinton's DNC speech, annotated By Joseph Cariz, Adam Thorp• July 27, 2016 Readying for final GOP debate of 2015 By April Hunt• December 14, 2015 Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech, annotated By Joseph Cariz, Taylor Leighton, Adam Thorp• July 29, 2016 Trump says Iran is a country ‘based on disinformation.’ Here’s how Iran conducts influence ops By Loreben Tuquero• March 23, 2026
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Justin Trudeau stated on August 25, 2016 in a letter: Young women, "account for a shocking 74% of all new HIV infections among adolescents in Africa." By Joseph Cariz• September 7, 2016 Michelle Obama stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview posted on Medium: "Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP." By Jon Greenberg• April 29, 2016 Newt Gingrich stated on February 10, 2012 in a radio interview: "The biggest contribution" behind a decrease in U.S. unemployment "was 1.2 million people leaving the workforce" By Willoughby Mariano• February 29, 2012 UN's UNICEF stated on July 06, 2016 in an article on Medium: In South Sudan, "more teenage girls die in childbirth than finish high school." By Jon Greenberg• July 25, 2016 NARAL Pro-Choice America stated on November 15, 2017 in an online popup ad: Says Paul Ryan is leading the effort to "pass a tax bill with divisive conception language by disguising it as a college savings plan" in "another attempt to ban abortion and rob women of their reproductive rights." By Tom Kertscher• November 22, 2017 Justice Democrats stated on April 25, 2019 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden "voted for the Iraq War, for mass incarceration, and for the Bankruptcy Reform Act while voting against gay marriage, reproductive rights, and school desegregation." By Jon Greenberg• April 26, 2019 Facebook posts stated on September 07, 2020 in a Facebook post: “There are people trying to make legal age of consent 4 years old.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2020 Viral image stated on June 06, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows "brave women of the Red Cross" arriving in Normandy on D-Day to help injured troops. By Ciara O'Rourke• June 7, 2019 Rachel Maddow stated on June 03, 2014 in comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq. By Aaron Sharockman• June 5, 2014 Samuel Wurzelbacher stated on June 04, 2012 in a campaign video: "Marcy Kaptur voted against a ban which would have prevented the aborting of a baby girl for the sole reason that she's a girl." By Tom Feran• June 12, 2012 AmericanNews.com stated on September 02, 2014 in an article: "According to recent reports, a group of death panels organized under Obamacare ordered their first execution." By Lauren Burns• November 11, 2014 Tim O'Brien stated on February 25, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says Bernie Sanders has said “things like women get cancer from having too many orgasms, or toddlers should run around naked and touch each others' genitals to insulate themselves from porn … He's written about women's rape fantasies." By Bill McCarthy• February 26, 2020 Viral image stated on July 17, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photo shows former President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on a couch with girls. By Ciara O'Rourke• July 18, 2023 Tina Rosenberg stated on June 14, 2016 in an article: In Liberia, "a girl is more likely to be married by 18 than to know how to read." By Kate Wilkinson• August 1, 2016 Donald Trump stated on October 04, 2015 in an interview on ABC "This Week": Among Syrian refugees, "there aren't that many women, there aren't that many children." By Joshua Gillin• October 4, 2015 Ertharin Cousin stated on September 06, 2016 in a speech transcript on Medium: "One extra year of schooling for girls reduces infant mortality rates among their children by up to 10 percent." By Jon Greenberg• September 15, 2016 Nikki Haley stated on June 04, 2023 in a CNN town hall: Having "biological boys … in their locker rooms” is a reason why “a third of our teenage girls seriously contemplated suicide last year." By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 6, 2023 Hillary Clinton stated on March 05, 2008 in an interview on CNN's <i> American Morning</i>: "I've been standing up against ... the Chinese government over women's rights and standing up for human rights." By Adriel Bettelheim• March 11, 2008 Emma Watson stated on September 20, 2014 in a speech at the UN: Based on current trends, "15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children." By Jon Greenberg• September 29, 2014 Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Malala Yousafzai “is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 18, 2021
Mailbag: Reader's PolitiFact rating, ‘Out of Date’ By W. Gardner Selby• August 19, 2014 Can Trump ban protesters from wearing masks? How states have used anti-mask laws before By Gabrielle Lazor, Amy Sherman• June 12, 2025 Fact-checking claims about social justice, children By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• October 3, 2014 Explaining the many sides of Chief Black Hawk’s story By Madison Black• June 28, 2021 Ad watch: Conservative PAC claims Gary Peters would 'destroy girls’ sports' By Clara Hendrickson• September 15, 2020 In this Democratic debate, health care issues took a backseat By Emmarie Huetteman• November 21, 2019 Fact-checking the second presidential debate By Linda Qiu• October 10, 2016 Emma Watson severely undercounts number of child marriages in UN speech By Jon Greenberg• September 30, 2014 Did Donald Trump shut down Michelle Obama’s ‘Let Girls Learn’ program? By Smitha Rajan• May 11, 2017 The facts, and fact checks, behind Patricia Arquette's Oscar speech By April Hunt• February 24, 2015 The facts behind a Texas Democrat's viral campaign ad By Manuela Tobias• June 28, 2018 Trump blamed Iran for a strike that hit a girls’ school. Open-source intelligence contradicted that By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• March 11, 2026 The allegations about Donald Trump and Miss Teen USA contestants By Tom Kertscher• October 18, 2016 Breast cancer and birth control: New study shows how science can be distorted By Céline Gounder• November 24, 2025 Checking LGBTQ+ talking points at the 2024 RNC By Grace Abels• July 24, 2024 Meet the 'zombie stat' that just won't die By Jon Greenberg• July 3, 2014 Bill Clinton's DNC speech, annotated By Joseph Cariz, Adam Thorp• July 27, 2016 Readying for final GOP debate of 2015 By April Hunt• December 14, 2015 Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech, annotated By Joseph Cariz, Taylor Leighton, Adam Thorp• July 29, 2016 Trump says Iran is a country ‘based on disinformation.’ Here’s how Iran conducts influence ops By Loreben Tuquero• March 23, 2026
