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An image from LifeNews on Facebook purported to show a picture of a fetus smiling in his mother's womb before birth and the same baby smiling after being born.

Does This Image Show Fetus Smiling in Mother's Womb?

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Jordan Liles

Jun 1, 2023 A Facebook post claimed, "Baby before birth. Baby after."

Did Garland Say DOJ Doesn't Prosecute Abortion-Rights Attacks Because They Happen at Night?

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Alex Kasprak

Mar 8, 2023 Factually, it's easier to prosecute people live-streaming themselves during the commission of a ...

Did Kamala Harris Omit Right to 'Life' When Referencing the Declaration of Independence?

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Nur Ibrahim

Jan 23, 2023 The vice president was commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.

Did Abortion Rights Protesters Take Abortion Pills Outside Supreme Court Building?

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Jessica Lee

Dec 2, 2021 Visual evidence surfaced supposedly showing four protesters outside the federal courthouse takin ...

Did Biden Sign an Executive Order Allowing the U.S. to Fund Abortions Abroad?

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Alex Kasprak

Feb 7, 2021 The so-called "global gag rule" was instated by Ronald Reagan in 1984.

Did Mark Zuckerberg 'Brag' About Banning Pro-Life Ads Before Ireland's Abortion Referendum?

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Dan MacGuill

Jul 23, 2019 Several websites grossly misrepresented and over-simplified Facebook's actions during the Irelan ...

Did Georgia Pass a Law Imposing Severe Criminal Penalties for Abortions and Miscarriages?

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Dan MacGuill

May 17, 2019 House Bill 481, signed into law in May 2019, prompted a wave of assertions about its possible ef ...

Do Women Meet With Doctors to Determine Whether to 'Execute' Newborn Babies?

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Bethania Palma

May 3, 2019 Medical professionals are reacting to an incendiary remark made by U.S. President Donald Trump i ...

Did the Girls Scouts Give Their 'Highest Award' to a Girl for Her Pro-Choice Activism?

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Dan MacGuill

Mar 11, 2019 Right-leaning and pro-life websites extrapolated loosely from a single November 2018 interview t ...

Does Ohio’s Abortion Ban Have a Rape Exception?

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Nur Ibrahim

Jul 18, 2022 After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Ohio's law reportedly forced a 10-year-old rape victim to trav ...

According to a removed or deleted tweet Jim Jordan tweeted another lie anyone surprised regarding a story of a 10-year-old girl who was raped and had to cross state lines to receive an abortion outside of Ohio.

Jim Jordan's Tweet Scoffing at Story About 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Deleted

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Jordan Liles

Jul 13, 2022 The tweet disappeared from Twitter soon after a man was arrested and charged with the rape of a ...

No, Mississippi GOP Did Not Float 'Pregnancy-Sniffing Dogs' as Anti-Abortion Tactic

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Dan MacGuill

Jul 6, 2022 The claim went viral in the days following the demise of Roe v. Wade.

Did someone mail their uterus to the Supreme Court?

Was Uterus Mailed to Supreme Court? TikTok Fantasy Goes Viral

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Dan Evon

Jun 30, 2022 Some people definitely fantasized about committing such an act after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Is This Video of ‘Full House’ Actor Jodie Sweetin Being 'Manhandled' by Cops at Abortion Protest?

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Nur Ibrahim

Jun 29, 2022 Los Angeles police did clash with abortion-rights protesters.

Did JK Rowling Tweet if ‘American Birds’ Kept ‘Legs Closed’ Maybe They Wouldn’t Need Abortions?

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Nur Ibrahim

Jun 28, 2022 The Harry Potter author has been caught up in Twitter controversy before.

Does Kentucky Require Women To Undergo Monthly 'Pregnancy Checks'?

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Nur Ibrahim

Jun 28, 2022 The state’s abortion ban went into effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

According to Google cache on the subject of abortion Matt Walsh tweeted support of an elephant fetus when perhaps believing it showed that of a human.

Did Matt Walsh Tweet Support of an Elephant Fetus?

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Jordan Liles

Jun 27, 2022 There's no shortage of fake tweet screenshots that fly around on the internet, so we looked to G ...

Did a Republican Congresswoman Say Overturning Roe Was a 'Victory for White Life'?

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Bethania Palma

Jun 27, 2022 U.S. Rep. Mary Miller's office said she misspoke.

Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweet a Woman's 'Greatest Choice' Is Becoming a Mother?

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Madison Dapcevich

May 18, 2022 The tweet included a video of Greene talking to a crowd about abortion.

Roe Leak: No, Justices Didn't Argue Against Abortion to Boost 'Domestic Supply of Infants'

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Dan MacGuill

May 11, 2022 Abortion-rights activists responded with outrage to a footnote from the draft opinion overturnin ...

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