NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
By Associated Press
Published: May 13, 2022, 8:09am
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A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
New Tennessee abortion pill law doesn’t ban Plan B
CLAIM: Newly signed legislation in Tennessee “banned Plan B and made it a crime punishable by a $50,000 fine to order it.”
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