Fact Checks Archives - Page 19 of 21

abortion, defund, Title X, Planned Parenthood

FACT CHECK: Planned Parenthood claims investigations have ‘absolutely not’ uncovered wrongdoing

When Planned Parenthood’s President, Cecile Richards, testified during a congressional hearing earlier this week, she was directly asked: “Has any one of those...

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CNN is wrong: Planned Parenthood has broken the law

In a vain attempt to defend Planned Parenthood, CNN has merely shown that it, too, is blind to the truth. In an...

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RH Reality Check called abortion survivors a “myth”; Two of those myths just testified before Congress

Andrea Grimes and Sharona Coutts are senior figures at RH Reality Check, both having worked on various projects there. Grimes is famous...

teens, sex education, planned parenthood

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Debunking The Atlantic’s flawed case for school contraception distribution

In the Atlantic, Jacoba Urist writes on the controversy over the approximately 37% of publicly-funded School-Based Health Centers which offer teens contraception,...

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Not so fast: Debunking Planned Parenthood’s claims of innocence

Planned Parenthood is still claiming innocence, despite overwhelming evidence of wrongdoing and illegal activity throughout various parts of the organization. The abortion...

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Fact Check: NARAL statement on women’s healthcare funding factually incorrect

In an August 20 email to supporters, NARAL has taken the tactic of – you guessed it – blatantly lying. Of course,...

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Washington Post: 3 Pinocchios for Planned Parenthood’s “3 percent” figure

The Washington Post has made no secret of their support for abortion and Planned Parenthood before, including recently. However, in a shocking change, the...

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PolitiFact’s abortion “fact-checking” is really political hackery

When we last checked PolitiHack’s… er… PolitiFact’s “fact-checking” on abortion, we found they were actually cherry-picking numbers to falsely deny that the country’s opinion on...

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Operation Rescue demands retraction of false allegations from Cecile Richards, ABC News

Operation Rescue reports today that their attorney has sent Cease and Desist letters to both Richards and ABC News demanding retractions for statements Richards...

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Fact-checking the Washington Post on Planned Parenthood’s federal funding

Following Monday’s unsuccessful vote in the U.S. Senate to defund Planned Parenthood, Janell Ross authored a piece for The Washington Post, titled, “How...

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New Live Action video fact-checks Cecile Richards’ claims

Live Action has released a new video analyzing comments made by Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards – which she asserts are factual – in light...

“PolitiFact”: Because “PolitiCherryPickers” didn’t sound quite as trustworthy

Reminder: the field of supposedly objective, dedicated “fact-checkers” is mostly a disreputable, biased racket. On Sunday, PolitiFact slapped a “False” rating on...