“The majority of citizens in the country will have no change at all because … most of the population resides in states that have already protected abortion rights.”
Jonathan Turley
Law professor. an interview with Fox News. Claim dated 24 Jun 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
61% of Americans — a majority — live in a state where, for now, the overturning of Roe isn’t changing the legal status of abortion. But well short of a majority live in states that actively "protected" abortion rights.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jonathan Turley (Law professor) made this claim around 24 June 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 June 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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