PolitiFact, which has really been outdoing itself with its coverage of the Planned Parenthood scandal, has come up with another doozy. Here is the statement PolitiFact chose to evaluate:
“Zero Planned Parenthood facilities are licensed to do mammograms. Planned Parenthood, women don’t need you!”
— Alliance Defending Freedom on Monday, August 3rd, 2015 in a Twitter post
— Alliance Defending Freedom on Monday, August 3rd, 2015 in a Twitter post
PolitiFact’s rating of this statement? “Half-true.” Which is really odd because it is entirely true that Planned Parenthood doesn’t do mammograms and has no licensed mammogram facilities. PolitiFact admits as much:
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