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FactCheck.org says: Overturning Roe v. Wade allowed abortion bans in several states to take effect. Online posts falsely claim Kentucky may require women to undergo monthly pregnancy testing, but the claim comes from a satirical amendment.
FactCheck.org says: The actual increase was about 5%.
FactCheck.org says: After the 2016 presidential election, some progressive Democrats tried to convince electors for Donald Trump to switch their Electoral College votes to Hillary Clinton.
FactCheck.org says: An executive at Bayer referred to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines as an example of innovation in a 2021 speech. But a website post takes the executive’s words out of context to falsely claim he said the vaccines are gene therapy.
FactCheck.org says: That figure is accurate, but experts say the dip is largely attributable to a number of factors outside the president's control.
FactCheck.org says: There is no established link between vaccination and Ramsey Hunt. The claim that vaccination was behind a mini-stroke suffered by Hailey Bieber is baseless.
FactCheck.org says: At least 2,000 cattle have died in a heat wave in Kansas. They likely died of heatstroke, but social media posts have made baseless claims suggesting that the deaths might be part of a larger conspiracy theory.
FactCheck.org says: That figure is based on a speculative estimate about the cost of implementing policies to achieve the aims of the Green New Deal, and without any evidence that Fetterman supports all of those policies.
FactCheck.org says: Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome, or SADS, has been studied for decades and is caused by genetic heart problems. But social media posts suggest, with no evidence, that SADS is related to COVID-19 vaccines.
FactCheck.org says: The story is based on a criticized study that claims to have identified a correlation between emergency calls for cardiac events and the vaccination rate in Israel.
FactCheck.org says: Using the source supplied by Raskin’s office - the Gun Violence Archive - firearms were used in 14 “mass murders” so far this year. His office said he was referring to "mass shootings," but most resulted in 0 or 1 death.
FactCheck.org says: Spending on police is expected to account for 37% of Uvalde's general fund expenditures in the current fiscal year. But police spending is projected to make up about 17% of the city’s total operating expenditures.
FactCheck.org says: An audit, including a hand recount, conducted in December 2020 had confirmed Antrim County's election results.
FactCheck.org says: Walgreens said on its dashboard — and in a detailed report — that the positivity rates are unadjusted and can “lead to misinterpretation.” That data "cannot be used to reach vaccine efficacy conclusions,” it said.
FactCheck.org says: The supposed evidence in the film is speculative and does not provide the “definitive” proof that Trump and the filmmakers claim.
FactCheck.org says: BP says no one at the company made this statement. A supply and demand imbalance, exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, led to a surge in gasoline prices.
FactCheck.org says: An illegal ballot cast on behalf of a deceased voter is rare, and we could find no examples of it occurring in Michigan in 2020 or 2016.
FactCheck.org says: That was a three-year increase in fentanyl seized between legal ports of entry in the El Paso sector of the border with Mexico. The increase under Biden is 70% when factoring in all seizures at the southern border.
FactCheck.org says: An Illinois school district might implement "equitable grading," which would focus on student learning. But a conservative website misrepresented the idea as a "race-based grading system" in a story that went viral.
FactCheck.org says: Only guards and other specific personnel — not students — can carry arms in Israeli schools and there have been school shootings in Israel.