“In Florida, “any woman who has an abortion after six weeks — and any doctor who gives her care — will be guilty of a felony.”
Gavin Newsom
governor of California. Claim dated 19 Nov 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
Although the law is clear that physicians can be charged, whether pregnant women will face the same charge is ambiguous.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Gavin Newsom (governor of California) made this claim around 19 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 November 2023, 10 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Gavin Newsom has 14 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.