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“In Project 2025, you’re going to have to register with a new federal agency when you get pregnant.”
Tim Walz Democratic Gov. of Minnesota and vice presidential candidate. in a speech. Claim dated 14 Sep 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

The manual does not mention, nor call for, a new federal agency tasked with registering pregnant women. It recommends that states submit more detailed abortion reporting to the federal government.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Tim Walz (Democratic Gov. of Minnesota and vice presidential candidate) made this claim around 14 September 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 September 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.

Tim Walz has 11 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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