Fact-check: Collins and Jackson debate on Roe v Wade, Iran

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The report checks multiple claims against financial disclosures, voting records, state data and named sources, and includes clarifications from both campaigns. Its fact-check format is evidence-rich, though the article relies partly on attributed institutional and campaign statements.

The article assesses claims from both candidates, supplies supporting evidence and includes campaign clarifications. The text is chiefly an evidence-based fact-check rather than a debate-length presentation of each candidate’s full case.

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