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Checked by FactCheck.org12 May 2022United StatesCrime and security
Social media posts

“Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade that it would maintain the "domestic supply of infants" available for adoption.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Spins the Facts

FactCheck.org says: In a footnote of a draft opinion on abortion access, Justice Alito quoted a report that used the phrase, "domestic supply of infants." Social media posts have misleadingly suggested that Alito came up with the phrase.

Checked by PolitiFact10 May 2022United StatesCrime and security
Pam Keith, CEO at the Center for Employment Justice and 2020 Democratic nominee for Florida’s 18th Congressional District

“Tennessee just banned Plan B and made it a crime punishable by a $50,000 fine to order it.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: Tennessee legislation that takes effect in January 2023 imposes restrictions on the dispensing of abortion-inducing pills. It doesn’t address or ban emergency contraceptives like Plan B.

Checked by FactCheck.org9 May 2022United StatesCrime and security
Rep. Ted Lieu, Democratic congressman

“Multiple Supreme Court Justices lied during their confirmation process about their view of #RoeVWade and stare decisis. Those are the facts.”

FactCheck.org rated this: We Review The Facts

FactCheck.org says: Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett acknowledged that Roe was precedent, and should be afforded the weight that that carries, none specifically committed to refusing to consider overturning it.