Three congressional committee investigations, 13 states, and a Texas grand jury have debunked heavily edited videos targeting Planned Parenthood. That might not deter Jeff Sessions' Department of Justice.
The tale of Grace—an Irish immigrant and servant accused of a heinous crime in 19th-century Canada—is a story of women who endured sexual violence, back-alley abortions, life in a new land, and sometimes lived to tell their story. But sometimes, they lived out someone else's incomplete history.
Rewire has identified at least half a dozen state lawmakers and officials who are board members or are otherwise connected to anti-choice fake clinics that receive funding today or could qualify to receive state funding.
Janet Porter, who runs an anti-LGBTQ hate group, also repeatedly invoked host Poppy Harlow's pregnancy to promote the Alabama candidate accused of sexual misconduct with a minor.
An anti-choice fake clinic made edits to its website after a Rewire article prompted a consumer watchdog to file a complaint with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.
“[Republicans] know they cannot achieve this goal of the anti-choice movement in the light of day, since it has failed every time it has been in front of the voters."