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  • Fact Check: Menstrual Cycles ARE Natural, Are NOT Caused Because Body Is Removing Toxins

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    Are menstrual cycles not natural and are they caused because the body is removing toxins? No, that's not true: "It is completely natural and it is essential," a physician and scientist told Lead Stories about the menstrual cycle. The claim that the menstrual cycle is due to the body removing toxins is not scientifically true, the expert said. The claim…

    • Mar 15, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Menstrual Cycles ARE Natural, Are NOT Caused Because Body Is Removing Toxins It's Common
  • Fact Check: Women CANNOT 'Get Pregnant By Sunlight' As Result Of Parthenogenesis

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    Can women get pregnant by sunlight as a result of the process called parthenogenesis? No, that's not true: Mammals, including humans, do not reproduce asexually through parthenogenesis. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) on Facebook on March 13, 2023. The male host said: Women can do that. They can get pregnant by sunlight. It's called parthenogenesis. The description…

    • Mar 14, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Women CANNOT 'Get Pregnant By Sunlight' As Result Of Parthenogenesis Not In Humans
  • Fact Check: '19-Year-Old Girl In Texas' NOT Sentenced To '96 Years In Prison' After Abortion

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    Was a 19-year-old girl in Texas sentenced to "96 years in prison" after traveling across state lines to gain access to an abortion procedure? No, that's not true: The social media account that shared this post is a satirical one. Furthermore, Texas law enforcement officials did not publicly announce such an arrest and conviction, and no reputable media outlet covered…

    • Feb 24, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: '19-Year-Old Girl In Texas' NOT Sentenced To '96 Years In Prison' After Abortion Satire
  • Fact Check: New Zealand Does NOT Allow Abortions 'On Demand For Any Reason Up To Birth'

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    Does New Zealand allow abortions "on demand for any reason up to birth"? No, that's not true: According to a 2020 law, pregnancy terminations after the 20-week mark undergo a thorough review by at least two licensed health practitioners who have to consider multiple aspects of the situation to decide whether abortion is "clinically appropriate in the circumstances." The claim…

    • Dec 27, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: New Zealand Does NOT Allow Abortions 'On Demand For Any Reason Up To Birth' Distortion
  • Fact Check: Democratic Win in AZ Governor's Race NOT Sign of 'Rigged' Election Despite Republican Wins In Other Race

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    If Arizonans voted primarily for Republican candidates in the November 8, 2022, election, but a Democrat still won the race for governor, was the election rigged? No, that's not true: Election data from past years show ticket-splitting is common in Arizona. An Arizona pollster with two decades experience tracking election data told Lead Stories it is not unusual for the…

    • Dec 6, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Democratic Win in AZ Governor's Race NOT Sign of 'Rigged' Election Despite Republican Wins In Other Race Fickle, Again
  • Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Make Boys 'Think They Should Be GIRLS' And Do NOT Produce 'Girls Thinking They Are Boys'

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    Do vaccines make people identify with a gender other than their gender assigned at birth by changing the composition of that person's DNA? No, that's not true: Vaccines do not change a person's DNA -- they provide immunity against diseases, an expert in genetics told Lead Stories. The claim appeared in an Instagram post on November 26, 2022. The post's…

    • Nov 28, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Make Boys 'Think They Should Be GIRLS' And Do NOT Produce 'Girls Thinking They Are Boys' Vaccine≠Gender
  • Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine Does NOT Increase Stillbirths As Graph Implies

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    Does a graph show that the COVID-19 vaccine increases stillbirths? No, that is missing context: The graph was published on the U.S. government's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) website. As VAERS itself repeatedly explains, its purpose is to collect a wide-open, likely repetitive, messy and incomplete list of anecdotal, amateur, professional and even malicious reports of post-vaccination problems.The graph…

    • Nov 10, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine Does NOT Increase Stillbirths As Graph Implies Not Vax Facts
  • Fact Check: Sen. Josh Hawley Did NOT Refuse To Use 'Liberal General's' Pronoun In Congress

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    Did Sen. Josh Hawley say the phrase "I will not use your pronoun" while questioning a "liberal general" at a U.S. Senate hearing? No, that's not true: Neither a video published on Facebook under this attention-grabbing headline nor the full recording contained this sentence. Participants in the hearing referred to each other by title or rank combined with their last…

    • Oct 24, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Sen. Josh Hawley Did NOT Refuse To Use 'Liberal General's' Pronoun In Congress Fact Check: Sen. Josh Hawley Did NOT Refuse To Use 'Liberal General's' Pronoun In Congress Didn't Say It
  • Fact Check: Pfizer Documents Do NOT Reveal 90% Of Pregnant Women Vaccinated Against COVID Lost Their Babies

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    Do Pfizer documents reveal that 90 percent of pregnant women vaccinated against COVID lost their babies, and that COVID vaccination is going to lead to "mass depopulation"? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to support that claim. Extrapolations from a small data subset don't warrant application of non-professional assumptions about effects of vaccines in the absence of data. The…

    • Oct 20, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Pfizer Documents Do NOT Reveal 90% Of Pregnant Women Vaccinated Against COVID Lost Their Babies Guess ≠ Data
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Sen. John Kennedy Releasing Classified Documents, He Does NOT Say 'You Had A Deal With Hunter'

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    Does a video posted on Facebook show Sen. John Kennedy releasing classified documents in the Senate or declaring that an interlocutor had "a deal" with President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden? No, that's not true: The video shows Kennedy questioning FBI Director Christopher Wray about a former FBI agent who was involved in investigations into Hunter Biden. Sen. Tom Cotton…

    • Oct 12, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Sen. John Kennedy Releasing Classified Documents, He Does NOT Say 'You Had A Deal With Hunter' No Doc Release
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