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stated on November 20, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Abortion clinics warn they’ll go bankrupt if Democrat ‘sex strike’ continues.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 27, 2024
Social Media
stated on November 4, 2024 in una publicación en redes sociales:

Una mujer posó junto a su hija con un cartel que dice, “Quiero que mi hija tenga el derecho a abortar que yo no tuve”.

By Sofia Ahmed • November 26, 2024
Social Media
stated on November 21, 2024 in social media posts:

A woman holds a sign that says, “I want my daughter to have the right to abortion that I didn’t have.”

By Sofia Ahmed • November 25, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 6, 2024 in a Threads post:

“Abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester. Literally never. They just do a C-section.”

By Samantha Putterman • November 11, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on October 29, 2024 in a speech in Washington, D.C.:

Former President Donald Trump would “force states to monitor women's pregnancies.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:

At Vice President Kamala Harris’ Houston campaign rally, when an attendee had a medical emergency, none of the “abortion doctors” onstage helped.

By Madison Czopek • October 29, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 23, 2024 in a video:

Kamala Harris imprisoned a woman for three years for praying.

By Samantha Putterman • October 25, 2024
Joyce Craig
stated on September 15, 2024 in an interview with WMUR-TV:

Gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte “has voted for national abortion bans, she has voted to defund Planned Parenthood, and she shepherded Neil Gorsuch through the Supreme Court process, and then celebrated when Roe v. Wade was overturned.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2024
WinSenate
stated on September 3, 2024 in a Meta ad:

“Dave McCormick is fully against abortion.”

By Caleb McCullough • October 12, 2024
Terence Everitt
stated on October 11, 2024 in a campaign advertisement:

Republican state Senate candidate Ashlee Adams “campaigned for Mark Robinson and his radical agenda.”

By Paul Specht • October 12, 2024
House Majority PAC
stated on September 9, 2024 in a television ad:

Laurie Buckhout is “trying to get to Congress to pass a national abortion ban, allowing politicians to ban abortions with no exceptions and prosecute women if they get an abortion, treating women right here like criminals.”

By Paul Specht • October 1, 2024
Elissa Slotkin
stated on September 30, 2024 in a Meta ad:

U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “believes he should make that decision” about whether to end pregnancies.

By Caleb McCullough • September 30, 2024
Vote No on 4
stated on September 10, 2024 in a TV ad:

“Unlike other amendments, Amendment 4 has no definitions. … Without definitions these words can mean almost anything.”

By Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2024
Sherrod Brown
stated on September 4, 2024 in a TV interview:

Of Bernie Moreno, “Now, he’s arguing for a national abortion ban, no exceptions.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 19, 2024
Tony Perkins
stated on September 11, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“In 12 states, children born alive after a failed abortion have no legal protection, and in three more states children born alive after an abortion had legal rights that governors — like Tim Walz — repealed.”

By Sara Swann • September 18, 2024
Tim Walz
stated on September 14, 2024 in a speech:

“In Project 2025, you’re going to have to register with a new federal agency when you get pregnant.”

By Samantha Putterman • September 17, 2024
Elissa Slotkin
stated on September 11, 2024 in a TV ad:

Mike Rogers supported “laws that could eliminate IVF and birth control.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 13, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on September 11, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"Debate moderators made the false claim to Donald Trump that there is nowhere in the United States where abortion is legal up until birth."

By Jeff Cercone • September 13, 2024
Yes on 4
stated on September 10, 2024 in a TV ad:

Florida’s six-week abortion law has “no real exceptions. Not for her health. Not even for rape.”

By Samantha Putterman • September 13, 2024
Sam Brown
stated on August 28, 2024 in a campaign appearance:

Proposed Nevada constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights would put “essentially no limit on access to abortion.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 13, 2024
Jon Tester
stated on September 8, 2024 in a Facebook ad:

Tim Sheehy “would let politicians like him ban abortion, with no exceptions for rape or to save a woman’s life, and criminalize women.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2024
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview:

“JD Vance actually sent a letter last year to the Department of Justice saying, ‘enforce the Comstock Act.’”

By Samantha Putterman • August 30, 2024
Bryan Steil
stated on April 28, 2024 in TV interview:

Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin "believes taxpayer dollars should be used for abortion."

By Ricardo Torres • August 26, 2024
Jacky Rosen
stated on July 17, 2024 in a campaign ad:

Sam Brown “said abortion should be banned without any exceptions for rape or incest.”

By Seth A. Richardson • August 19, 2024
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
stated on August 7, 2024 in un anuncio de radio de campaña:

El senador Rick Scott no apoya las excepciones al aborto.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • August 16, 2024
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on August 7, 2024 in TV ad:

Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick “wants to outlaw abortions.”

By Caleb McCullough • August 15, 2024
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
stated on August 7, 2024 in an ad:

Sen. Rick Scott does not support abortion exceptions.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • August 14, 2024
Tim Sheehy
stated on June 8, 2024 in in a U.S. Senate candidate debate:

“Elective abortions up to and including the moment of birth. Healthy, 9-month-year-old baby killed at the moment of birth. That’s what Jon Tester and the Democrats have voted for.”

By Matt Volz • July 10, 2024
Threads posts
stated on July 7, 2024 in a Threads post:

Project 2025 mandates women carry “period passports” to “track their menstrual cycles” and “monitor pregnancies.”

By Jeff Cercone • July 8, 2024
Threads posts
stated on July 27, 2024 in a Threads post:

C-sections are coded as abortions in hospitals.

By Samantha Putterman • July 5, 2024

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