‘He Gets Us’ Ads and Abortion Access Lawsuit
In February 2023, “He Gets Us” ads drew attention, leading to a claim that the “same group” financed a lawsuit to limit access to abortion
In February 2023, “He Gets Us” ads drew attention, leading to a claim that the “same group” financed a lawsuit to limit access to abortion
A purported screenshot of an anti-abortion activist’s complaints that unplanned care of a baby would interfere with her life went viral in February 2020.
As primary season kicked off in January 2020, a known disinformation purveyor shared video of a young woman’s purported theft of a “Trump sign” and her “immediate regret” at being arrested.
Art from other countries is often presented outside its intended context to advance specific viewpoints on social media, as with a Slovak sculptor’s purported “neverborn” piece.
An anti-abortion group in the UK seized on Sean Tagert’s story to make a point about assisted suicide.
In March 2019, a webcomic known as “Strange Planet” began dominating Facebook’s feed (as well as Instagram and Twitter), and in April 2019, rumors began circulating about creator Nathan W. Pyle’s purported anti-abortion position: Posts about the rumor quickly spread on Facebook, where some users referenced the “your fave is problematic” meme and expressed dismay …
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A February 28 2019 Facebook post (archived here) shared the image reproduced above with the following text: I shared this picture a few minutes ago, then about 5 minutes after I shared it, the post was removed from my page and also from the page of who I shared it. The statue represents a guardian …
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Ongoing debate about a January 22 2019 change to abortion law in New York piqued interest in the topic across social media, reviving an old rumor that a long-circulating GIF sbows the American Sign Language translation of the word “abortion.” On February 7 2019, the Facebook page “For America” shared the clip as a video. Various …
The practice of incinerating medical waste has been fused with antisemitic conspiracy theories in order to produce a distasteful narrative about abortion.
A persistent rumor combines fact and fiction to create an anti-abortion disinformation narrative.