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Claim: Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.” (John Bel Edwards, 2020-04-05)
Evidence (2020-04-05): Louisiana governor is right, there was no suggestion Mardi Gras had to be canceled [...] PolitiFact wondered if it’s true that there were no suggestions back in January or February that mass gatherings like Mardi Gras be canceled. [...] New Orleans Mardi Gras celebrations began early January and ended Feb. 25. PolitiFact reviewed public comments from Trump, federal and state health officials on and before Feb. 25 and did not find suggestions that large public events be cancelled. At that time, there was no report of community spread of the virus.
Claim: Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.” (John Bel Edwards, 2020-04-05)
Evidence (2020-04-05): Latest Fact-checks on John Bel Edwards John Bel Edwards stated on April 5, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says of the coronavirus threat, "there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras." John Bel Edwards stated on November 11, 2015 in a campaign ad: Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom." John Bel Edwards stated on April 5, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says of the coronavirus threat, "there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras." John Bel Edwards stated on November 11, 2015 in a campaign ad: Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom." John Bel Edwards stated on April 5, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says of the coronavirus threat, "there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras."
Claim: Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.” (John Bel Edwards, 2020-04-05)
Evidence (2024-05-10): These carnivals were attacks on authority and a means for popular renewal. As Bakhtin writes, in the introduction to his book, Carnival is people’s second life, organized on the basis of laughter. It is festive life. Festivity is a peculiar quality of all comic rituals and spectacles of the Middle Ages. All these forms of carnival were also linked externally to the feasts of the Church. (One carnival did not coincide with any commemoration of sacred history or of a saint but marked the last day before Lent, and for this reason was called Mardi Gras….Even more significant is the genetic link of these carnivals with ancient pagan festivities, agrarian in nature, which included the comic element in their rituals.
Claim: Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.” (John Bel Edwards, 2020-04-05)
Evidence (2020-05-15): Whether you’re an Ochsner Fitness Center with multiple locations, conducting temperature checks at the door, disinfecting equipment, and encouraging mask-wearing to protect employees, or you’re a restaurant that has suddenly had to reconfigure the entire seating arrangement, businesses know that this is an opportunity to keep the economic wheels spinning, provided the public can feel and be safe. That will require cooperation from both sides — the businesses must comply with new regulations and Louisianians must wear masks to protect workers who are continually exposed. [...] There are still many Louisianians who want everything open, in spite of the risks. The concept of herd immunity — in which a significant percentage of the population has been exposed — would take a very long time to reach, and there would likely be many deaths. Ochsner recently completed a prevalence study, and while data is still being compiled, a source familiar with the results said that fewer people than expected have been exposed, and we’re a long way from any sort of herd immunity, at this point. [...] Using Mardi Gras as a big lesson, we now know that being part of a big crowd when the virus is still present means it’s only a matter of time before it comes roaring back.
Claim: Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.” (John Bel Edwards, 2020-04-05)
Evidence (2024-10-06): What impresses, at least impresses a medical oncologist used to dealing with diseases that develop over years or decades, is the vital importance of timing when one shuts down a city or a country. Too soon, and the economic consequences are devastating. They are devastating even if done right on time, as the collapse of the world economy shows. But too late, and you get Philadelphia in 1918, or Milan or New York City or New Orleans in 2020. Looking at 1918's Philadelphia Victory Parade, and Mardi Gras in 2020, one can wonder how far we have actually come in learning the meaning of some Epi stories.
Claim: Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.” (John Bel Edwards, 2020-04-05)
Evidence (2023-05-15): Id. at 1790-93. ↑ - Robert P. Baird, Why Widespread Coronavirus Testing Isn’t Coming Anytime Soon, New Yorker (Mar. 24, 2020) https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/why-widespread-coronavirus-testing-isnt-coming-anytime-soon ↑ - Bernadette Hogan, New York’s Coronavirus Death Toll Jumps 100 in Just One Day to 385, N.Y. Post (Mar. 26, 2020); Katy Reckdahl et al, New Orleans Faces a Virus Crisis, and Mardi Gras May be Why, N.Y. Times (Mar. 26, 2020). ↑ - Maura Caslyn et al, Social Distancing To Fight Coronavirus: A Strategy That Is Working and Must Continue, Center for American Progress (Mar. 25, 2020) https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/news/2020/03/25/482278/social-distancing-fight-coronavirus-strategy-working-must-continue/. ↑ - Id. ↑ - Derrick Bryson Taylor, A Timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic, N.Y. Times (Mar. 24, 2020) https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-timeline.html. ↑ - Chelsea Brentzel, Over 1,600 complaints related to COVID-19 health order filed in El Paso County, KRDO (April 7, 2020) https://krdo.com/news/2020/04/07/over-1600-complaints-related-to-covid-19-health-order-filed-in-el-paso-county/ ↑ - See Colorado order, supra note 17. ↑ - Baird, supra note 42. ↑ - Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, Pub. L. 116-123 (Mar. 6. 2020). ↑ - H.R. 6201, Pub.
Claim: Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.” (John Bel Edwards, 2020-04-05)
Evidence (2022-07-07): The vast lobby of the New Orleans Marriott echoed with a sound I hadn't heard in nearly three years—the tapping of hundreds of long white canes. This was the convention of the National Federation of the Blind. We were all together again! [...] Our virtual conventions were outstanding events, but most of us longed for the camaraderie of gathering face to face. This year in New Orleans we had that opportunity at last, and the good times rolled!
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2024-01-22): About 21.5 million women and girls of reproductive age live in states that ban abortions completely, or after six weeks of pregnancy, Census data shows. That’s about 29% of women ages 15 to 49. When adding in states that ban abortion after 12 or 15 weeks of pregnancy, the number of affected women grows to about 25 million, or about 40%. Learn more about PolitiFact’s fact-checking process and rating system.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2022-11-03): 1 in 3 women of reproductive age now live over an hour away from an abortion clinic, study finds One in three women of reproductive age in the U.S. now live over an hour away from the closest abortion clinic, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday. Before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, the average travel time to a clinic was less than 30 minutes. [...] In the three-month span between the Supreme Court's June 24 decision and Sept. 30, which the study's authors defined as the "post-Dobbs" period, over a dozen states had enacted total or near-total abortion bans. The "pre-Dobbs" data was taken from January to December 2021.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2022-08-18): Many of the states with abortion bans are the same ones that have chosen not to expand their Medicaid programs, leaving many people without any affordable health insurance options. [...] Abortion ban states have some of the highest child poverty rates in the nation, according to a tracker from the Center for American Progress based on U.S. Census data. [...] All told, eight out of the 10 states with the most people living in maternity care deserts have abortion bans: Mississippi, South Dakota, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kentucky and Louisiana. Within the top 15, two other states — Idaho and North Dakota — have abortion bans pending — and another two — Iowa and West Virginia — have bans on hold.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2022-08-22): At least 11 other states have banned most abortions, prohibiting the procedure with narrow exceptions from the time of conception or after fetal cardiac activity is detected, at about six weeks of pregnancy, with legislation known as "heartbeat" laws. Five more states have similar bans temporarily blocked by the courts. If those injunctions are lifted, abortion could soon be inaccessible for millions more — in total, 36 percent of U.S. women between the ages of 15 and 44 would be largely unable to obtain an elective abortion in the state where they live. [...] Roughly 14 states have bans outlawing most abortions, with varying exemptions and penalties for doctors. In all, nearly 21 million — about 1 in 3 girls and women in the United States between the ages of 15 and 44 — have lost access to the procedure, according to U.S. census data. The restrictions apply to both medication and surgical abortions. [...] Several states, including South Carolina, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota and West Virginia, have pending court cases that will decide the fate of abortion bans that were triggered by the fall of Roe. If all of those bans prevail, at least 23.2 million women will live in a state where abortion is banned from conception or around six weeks.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2024-06-26): Women in states with the most restrictive abortion laws have also become less likely to access prescription birth control, a new study suggests. [...] States with abortion bans saw an even more significant drop in prescriptions for emergency contraception – including levonorgestrel, such as Plan B, and ulipristal, such as Ella. Both groups of states studied – those that enacted bans and those where abortion policies stayed more consistent – had a similar prescription fill rate pre-Dobbs and both and saw an initial spike following the decision. But by the second half of 2023, the prescription rate for emergency contraception in the states with bans was less than half of what it was before the Dobbs decision – dropping from about 20 fills for every 100,000 women of reproductive age each month down to eight fills. In states where abortion policies stayed consistent, the rate actually ticked up in the same timeframe – from 20 to 21 fills.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2024-02-05): Harris’ claim was similar to a White House fact sheet that said "more than 23 million women of reproductive age — one in three — live in one of the 18 states with an abortion ban currently in effect." [...] How many U.S. women of reproductive age live in states with abortion bans? [...] Today, approximately 21.5 million women ages 15 to 49 live in the 14 states that totally ban abortion, and in the two states with six-week bans in effect, she said. That comes out to about 29% of women of childbearing age, or about 1 in 3.4.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2022-08-24): Infographic October 26, 2021 58% of U.S. women of reproductive age—40 million women—live in states hostile to abortion rights Embed this Infographic Terms of Use The Guttmacher Institute encourages you to share this infographic freely to ensure that the debate is informed by facts, not misinformation. Additional Downloads Twitter version Instagram version Share Read More Policy Analysis State Abortion Policy Landscape: From Hostile to Supportive Initiative Roe v. Wade Overturned: Our Latest Resources Topic United States Abortion: Demographics Geography Northern America: United States
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2024-06-24): Meanwhile, state courts in the US have upheld laws that have nearly killed pregnant women and have required women to carry non-viable fetuses to term. In Mississippi, abortion bans forced a 13-year-old girl to carry out a pregnancy from rape. Texas and Oklahoma have passed laws that empower private citizens to sue clinics, healthcare workers, and individuals for helping someone obtain an abortion, and lawmakers in Texas and Missouri have sought to make it illegal to obtain out-of-state abortions. Currently, 14 of the 50 US states have criminalized nearly all abortions, depriving access to 18 million women and girls of reproductive age. Another 17 states have banned abortions starting at 6 to 26 weeks of pregnancy. The bans have a disparate impact on racial and ethnic minorities, particularly those with low incomes. Over 60 percent of people seeking abortions are people of color, and many, including 60 percent of Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native women of reproductive age, reside in states with complete abortion bans. Black people have higher-risk pregnancies and are more likely to miscarry or have stillbirths than white pregnant people. Because many people of color who reside in restrictive states fall below the poverty line, leaving the state to obtain a legal abortion elsewhere is often impossible.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Abortion and women in America: what the data tells us was Dkr4188 now Dkr1999 for your first year. Make up your own mind. Build robust opinions with the FT’s trusted journalism. Offer available here until 24th October. [...] Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders. Pay a year upfront and save 20%. [...] Terms & Conditions apply
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2024-05-15): Nearly 7 million of the country’s 11.8 million Black women of reproductive age live in states with abortion restrictions or plans to implement them, according to a new report from a pair of reproductive rights organizations. [...] According to the report, 57% of Black women ages 15 to 49 (which the organizations consider reproductive age) live in states with bans or threats to abortion access, which have increased in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. [...] About 43% of Black women of childbearing age living in states with abortion restrictions or where abortion is under threat are in Texas, Florida and Georgia, three states with some of the toughest laws, according to the report.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2024-02-11): Harris’ claim was similar to a White House fact sheet that said "more than 23 million women of reproductive age — one in three — live in one of the 18 states with an abortion ban currently in effect." [...] How many U.S. women of reproductive age live in states with abortion bans [...] "Given the shifting landscape of abortion laws, many organizations have different definitions and categories for states’ abortion laws," said Laurie Sobel, women’s health policy director at KFF. Today, approximately 21.5 million women ages 15 to 49 live in the 14 states that totally ban abortion, and in the two states with six-week bans in effect, she said. That comes out to about 29% of women of childbearing age, or about 1 in 3.4.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2024-02-01): Kamala Harris claim that 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live under abortion bans is true [...] Harris’ claim was similar to a White House fact sheet that said "more than 23 million women of reproductive age — one in three — live in one of the 18 states with an abortion ban currently in effect." [...] How many U.S. women of reproductive age live in states with abortion bans
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2023-06-23): - One year after Roe V. Wade fell about 1 in 3 women in U.S. live in a state where abortion is not accessible. [...] Thirteen states currently ban abortion in most cases and many other states enacted laws making it challenging, if not impossible, to access abortion care. It’s estimated that one in three women live in a state where abortion isn’t accessible.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2023-06-02): As of January 2023, abortion has been banned in 14 States across the country, and the consequences of the Supreme Court decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organisation has reverberated throughout the entire legal and policy system, the experts said. [...] Abortion bans in 14 States have made abortion services largely inaccessible and denied women and girls their fundamental human rights to comprehensive healthcare including sexual and reproductive health. The experts said the bans could lead to violations of women’s rights to privacy, bodily integrity and autonomy, freedom of expression, freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, equality and non-discrimination, and freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and gender-based violence. [...] According to the experts, these abortion bans in many US States have been accompanied by a steady and rapid erosion of the right to privacy, as law enforcement officials increasingly rely on electronic data to track those seeking abortions or those who aid and abet them. Much of this data can be accessed without a warrant, they said.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2024-02-05): Harris’ claim was similar to a White House fact sheet that said "more than 23 million women of reproductive age — one in three — live in one of the 18 states with an abortion ban currently in effect." [...] How many U.S. women of reproductive age live in states with abortion bans [...] About 21.5 million women of reproductive age — 15 to 49 — live in states that ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. That’s about 29% of U.S. women in this age group.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2022-06-24): Half are expected to introduce new restrictions or bans. Thirteen have already passed so-called trigger laws to automatically outlaw abortion. [...] After the Supreme Court ruling, abortion access is expected to be cut off for about 36 million women of reproductive age, according to research from Planned Parenthood, a healthcare organisation that provides abortions. [...] Denouncing the Supreme Court ruling, President Biden told women in states where it was banned to travel to those where it was not.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2024-02-01): Harris’ statement was similar to a White House fact sheet that said "more than 23 million women of reproductive age — one in three — live in one of the 18 states with an abortion ban currently in effect." [...] How many U.S. women of reproductive age live in states with abortion bans [...] Today, approximately 21.5 million women ages 15 to 49 live in the 14 states that totally ban abortion, and in the two states with six-week bans in effect, she said. That comes out to about 29% of women of childbearing age, or about 1 in 3.4.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2023-06-22): Hollis is among the 65 million women and girls of childbearing age (ages 15 to 44) in the U.S. who have been caught in the piecemeal landscape of abortion policy since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision removed federal abortion protections in June 2022. Since the ruling, more than one-quarter of states have banned abortion outright, and several more have severely restricted access. [...] Abortion is outlawed — with few exceptions — in 13 states, with care also unavailable in Wisconsin, where there are no official abortion providers. Seven states restrict abortions based on the number of weeks a woman has been pregnant, with some bans coming as early as six weeks — before many women know they are pregnant.More than 28 million women of reproductive age live in states where abortion is banned, unavailable or restricted, with 2 million more in the two states where abortion is available but restrictions are pending. [...] Bans and restrictions mean many women who do seek abortions have to travel long distances. Before Dobbs, less than 15% of reproductive-age women lived more than one hour’s drive from the nearest abortion facility, according to a study from researchers affiliated with Boston University, which compared population distribution with the locations of abortion clinics nationwide. By September — just three months after the Dobbs decision — that figure had more than doubled, to 33%.
Claim: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” (Kamala Harris, 2024-01-22)
Evidence (2024-01-22): About 21.5 million women and girls of reproductive age live in states that ban abortions completely, or after six weeks of pregnancy, Census data shows. [...] Harris’ claim was similar to a White House fact sheet that said "more than 23 million women of reproductive age — one in three — live in one of the 18 states with an abortion ban currently in effect." [...] About 21.5 million women of reproductive age — 15 to 49 — live in states that ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. That’s about 29% of U.S. women in this age group.