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  • Fact Check: New Colorado Bill Does NOT Expand Abortion Limits -- It Only Codifies The State's Existing Reproductives Rights Including No Gestational Time Limit

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    Did Colorado Gov. Jared Polis sign a bill that legalizes abortion up until the time of birth? Not exactly: Although Polis did sign HB22-1279, also known as the Reproductive Health Equity Act, or RHEA, that bill only codified the state's already existing reproductive rights into Colorado law and prevents state and local interference in reproductive measures such as abortion. Even…

    • Apr 7, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: New Colorado Bill Does NOT Expand Abortion Limits -- It Only Codifies The State's Existing Reproductives Rights Including No Gestational Time Limit Only Codified
  • Fact Check: California Did NOT Introduce A New Bill Allowing Mothers To Kill Their Babies Up To 7 Days After Birth

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    Did California introduce a new bill that would allow mothers to kill their babies up to seven days after birth? No, that's not true: Under California State Assembly Bill 2223, a person would not have a license to kill (LTK) their baby for a week after they're born. The author of the bill suggested an amendment to clarify its immunity…

    • Apr 5, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: California Did NOT Introduce A New Bill Allowing Mothers To Kill Their Babies Up To 7 Days After Birth Not LTK
  • Fact Check: Maryland Is NOT 'About To Vote' On Pregnancy Freedom Bill

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    Is the Maryland General Assembly "about to vote" on a controversial pregnancy "freedom" bill? Not exactly: Maryland legislators proposed the Pregnant Person's Freedom Act of 2022, which is in committee, but at the time of writing the bill is not undergoing a final vote, as implied by a social media post. The claim was implied in a Facebook post (archived…

    • Mar 17, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Maryland Is NOT 'About To Vote' On Pregnancy Freedom Bill Not Even Close
  • Fact Check: Girl Scouts Does NOT 'Support' Planned Parenthood Or 'Pro-Abortion Politicians'

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    Does the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) support Planned Parenthood and praise politicians who support pro-abortion measures? No, that's not true: GSUSA has repeatedly denied any partnership with Planned Parenthood, and there is no evidence that it has endorsed individual politicians. The claim, which has circulated since at least 2004 after one Texas Girl Scout council was associated with…

    • Feb 16, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Girl Scouts Does NOT 'Support' Planned Parenthood Or 'Pro-Abortion Politicians' No Endorsement
  • Fact Check: She Did Have 4 Legs, But Josephine Myrtle Corbin Is NOT The Woman Pictured

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    Did Josephine Myrtle Corbin have four legs, raise a family and die at 60? Yes, most of these facts about her in a post are fairly accurate -- she was a real person who lived from 1868 to 1928 and she died just a week before her 60th birthday of an infection -- but the photos paired with the caption…

    • Jan 11, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: She Did Have 4 Legs, But Josephine Myrtle Corbin Is NOT The Woman Pictured Misidentified
  • Fact Check: Deaths of 2,433 Babies NOT Found In VAERS, 'Another Study' Does NOT Show mRNA Shots Unsafe for Pregnant Women

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    Do the reported adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines in the United States include the deaths of 2,433 babies, and is there another study that shows mRNA shots are not safe for pregnant women? No, that's not true: A Lead Stories analysis of the numbers found in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), based on data through October 29, 2021,…

    • Nov 10, 2021
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Deaths of 2,433 Babies NOT Found In VAERS, 'Another Study' Does NOT Show mRNA Shots Unsafe for Pregnant Women Doesn't Add Up
  • Fact Check: State Rep DID Propose Requiring Vasectomies For Some 'Inseminators' -- But It's Parody Legislation After Texas Abortion Law

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    Did a Democratic Pennsylvania state representative create a bill that enforces reproductive responsibility for men by requiring vasectomies for some "inseminators" and by offering a $10,000 reward for reporting "scofflaws" who don't submit? Yes, that's true, but an October 2, 2021, memorandum of co-sponsorship sent out by Democratic state Rep. Chris Rabb was extravagantly written, tipping off readers his was…

    • Oct 8, 2021
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: State Rep DID Propose Requiring Vasectomies For Some 'Inseminators' -- But It's Parody Legislation After Texas Abortion Law  Spoof w/Intent
  • Fact Check: New England Journal of Medicine Did NOT Backtrack And Does NOT Admit COVID Vax May Not Be Safe For Pregnant Women

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    Did the New England Journal of Medicine backtrack and admit the COVID-19 vaccine may not be safe for pregnant women? No, that's not true: An update posted by the Journal did not change the number of pregnancies a study found resulted in a spontaneous abortion after receiving the COVID vaccine; the number remained the same from the study published in…

    • Sep 23, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: New England Journal of Medicine Did NOT Backtrack And Does NOT Admit COVID Vax May Not Be Safe For Pregnant Women No Change
  • Fact Check: Woman Are NOT Fertile For Only 'Roughly 24 Days A Year'

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    Are women fertile for roughly 24 days a year? No, that's misleading: The fertility window for women is approximately four to seven days a month, totaling 48 to 84 days a year, according to medical experts. Ovulation is usually one to two days a month, which is roughly 24 days but that is not the only time a woman is…

    • Sep 8, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Woman Are NOT Fertile For Only 'Roughly 24 Days A Year' Longer Window
  • Fact Check: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Did NOT Unveil New Uniforms

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    Did the NFL's Dallas Cowboys unveil a new uniform for their cheerleaders as of September 7, 2021? No, that's not true: The image of women looking down, while dressed modestly in blue cloaks with white hats displaying blue stars, carrying pom-poms, was digitally altered from a scene from a popular TV series about enslaved women. The meme is from a…

    • Sep 7, 2021
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Did NOT Unveil New Uniforms Mock Meme
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  • Fact Check: 'Don't Pump Gas' Boycott Is NOT New -- It's Just Recirculated Old Post Copypasta

    Fact Check: 'Don't Pump Gas' Boycott Is NOT New -- It's Just Recirculated Old Post

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    • Mar 21, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
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  • Fact Check: Gas Prices Did NOT Reach National Average Of $1.87 Per Gallon In February 2021 Not That Low

    Fact Check: Gas Prices Did NOT Reach National Average Of $1.87 Per Gallon In February 2021

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    • Feb 17, 2022
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  • Fact Check: Yale Professor, Ivermectin Maker Say The Horse Dewormer Is NOT Proven Effective Against COVID-19 -- Mississippi Hospitalized Man After Dose Merck Says Nix

    Fact Check: Yale Professor, Ivermectin Maker Say The Horse Dewormer Is NOT Proven Effective Against COVID-19 -- Mississippi Hospitalized Man After Dose

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    Fact Check: Flight Attendant Vaccine Mandate Did NOT Lead To Staffing Shortages, Widespread Flight Delays In June 2022

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    Fact Check: Kentucky Legislation NOT Passed That Required Women To Submit Doctor's Statement About Whether They Were Pregnant

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    • Jun 28, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
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    Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Resign The Presidency Before June 28, 2022

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  • Fact Check: Posted IP Addresses NOT Linked To 5 Supreme Court Judges -- They Belong To Unrelated Entities Bad Addresses

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    • Jun 27, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
  • Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Hand Over Control Of ISS To Russia After They Threatened To Crash It Into Earth It's Tradition

    Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Hand Over Control Of ISS To Russia After They Threatened To Crash It Into Earth

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    • Jun 27, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk

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