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4,075 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte “has voted for national abortion bans, she has voted to defund Planned Parenthood, and she shepherded Neil Gorsuch through the Supreme Court process, and then celebrated when Roe v. Wade was overturned.”
PolitiFact says: Three of the four claims are generally accurate, but it's a stretch to call the bill Ayotte supported in 2013 and 2015 a national abortion ban; it would have allowed 99% of abortions to proceed.
“Root canals lead to breast cancer among women”
“Dave McCormick is fully against abortion.”
PolitiFact says: Dave McCormick said he believed life "begins at conception" when he ran for Senate in 2022. This year, he's said he would not vote for a national abortion ban and he thinks abortion should be left to the states.
“I will follow the law" when it comes to allowing immigrants in the country illegally to apply for a driver’s license, to qualify for free tuition at universities or to be enrolled in free health care.”
FactCheck.org says: She has supported those positions in the past.
“wisdom teeth removal can harm digestive health”
“leech therapy can cure all types of cancer”
“the HPV vaccine can cause permanent disabilities”
“watermelon and poppy seeds can cure hypertension and insomnia”
“Can Intermittent fasting for 18-24 hours cure lipomas?”
“lemon water can cure eyesight problems in 7 minutes”
“Mobilaria in children is a real disease”
“prominent people are endorsing a hypertension cure”
“simple exercises can cure heart failure at home”
“kishmish water cure pimples and prevent heart attacks”
“Kari Lake "was willing to look at a mother and say, ‘I know your daughter was raped, but she does not have a right to an abortion.’ She was willing to say that just two years ago.”
PolitiFact says: Gallego’s comments leave the impression that Lake said those words to the mother of a rape victim. She didn’t.
“Rep. Ruben Gallego is “controlled by the cartels. His own father was a Colombian drug trafficker, and so he’s got links to the cartel.”
PolitiFact says: Ruben Gallego's father was arrested for drug crimes when Gallego was a child. Gallego's father left the family when he was young and he said they have rarely spoken. There's no evidence Gallego has "links to the cartel."