{"id":1036170,"date":"2024-06-21T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1036170"},"modified":"2024-06-21T18:43:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T18:43:30","slug":"trumps-maga-veepstakes-ben-carson-wants-to-ban-abortion-nationwide-with-zero-exceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-maga-veepstakes-ben-carson-wants-to-ban-abortion-nationwide-with-zero-exceptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s MAGA Veepstakes: Ben Carson Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide With Zero Exceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/maga-veepstakes.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1034055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/maga-veepstakes.webp 780w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/maga-veepstakes.webp?resize=300,152 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/maga-veepstakes.webp?resize=768,389 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>As Trump VP contender Ben Carson speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., <\/em><strong><em>DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMAGA VP contender Ben Carson \u2014 who compared abortion to slavery \u2014 would ban abortion nationwide with no exceptions for rape or incest if given the chance. Carson will do whatever it takes to help Donald Trump push the most extreme anti-choice agenda possible, but the American people will keep rejecting their MAGA crusade to rip away reproductive freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump VP contender Ben Carson supports a national abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest and has compared abortion to slavery.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/article\/2024\/may\/03\/ben-carson-trump-running-mate-book-national-abortion-ban\">The Guardian<\/a>: <strong>\u201c\u2018We must not stop\u2019: potential Trump VP Ben Carson touts national abortion ban\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.nytimes.com\/www.nytimes.com\/politics\/first-draft\/2015\/10\/25\/ben-carson-calls-for-ban-on-abortion-in-all-circumstances\/\">New York Times<\/a>: <strong>\u201cBen Carson Calls For Ban On Abortion In All Circumstances\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/politics\/articles\/2015-08-16\/carson-doesn-t-support-exceptions-for-abortions-in-rape-incest\">Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cBen Carson, clarifying his stance on abortion, told Bloomberg Politics <strong>he wouldn\u2019t support law that provides exceptions in cases of rape, incest.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/dr-ben-carson-i-would-love-see-roe-vs-wade-n451071\">NBC News<\/a>: \u201cBen Carson said he would \u2018love\u2019 to see Roe vs. Wade overturned and make abortion illegal nationwide with almost no exemptions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/andrewkaczynski\/ben-carson-compares-abortion-to-slavery#.yq6bdpoa6\">BuzzFeed<\/a>: <strong>\u201cBen Carson Compares Abortion To Slavery.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump said he\u2019d sign a national abortion ban if elected to a second term and is \u2018proudly\u2019 the reason millions of women live under cruel abortion bans today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/trump-says-he-will-support-national-ban-on-abortions-around-15-weeks-of-pregnancy#:~:text=weeks%2Dof%2Dpregnancy-,Trump%20says%20he%20will%20support%20national%20ban,around%2015%20weeks%20of%20pregnancy&amp;text=NEW%20YORK%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Donald,specific%20limit%20on%20the%20procedure.\">Associated Press<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump says he will support national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-16-week-national-abortion-ban-1234970119\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide: Report\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNCWarRoom\/status\/1672786470049046528\">Trump<\/a>: <strong>\u201cThere of course remains a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life. And it\u2019s very important.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-claims-credit-all-abortion-bans-1234736979\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump Claims Credit for All Abortion Bans\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1777313236288712970\">Trump<\/a>: <strong>\u201cI was proudly the person responsible for the ending of \u2026 <\/strong><strong><em>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong><strong>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1778897934844559451\">Trump<\/a>: <strong>\u201cWe broke <\/strong><strong><em>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong><strong> and we did something that nobody thought was possible. We gave it back to the states, and the states are working very brilliantly \u2026 But they\u2019re working, and it\u2019s working the way it\u2019s supposed to.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1745277154236260693\">Trump<\/a>: <strong>\u201cFor 54 years they were trying to get <\/strong><strong><em>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong><strong> terminated, and I did it, and I\u2019m proud to have done it. \u2026 Nobody else was going to get that done but me<\/strong>, and we did it, and we did something that was a miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/110384051064378318\">Trump<\/a>: \u201cAfter 50 years of failure, with nobody coming even close, <strong>I was able to kill <\/strong><strong><em>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong>, much to the \u2018shock\u2019 of everyone \u2026 <strong>Without me there would be no 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 15 weeks, or whatever is finally agreed to.<\/strong> Without me the pro Life movement would have just kept losing. Thank you President TRUMP!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-says-proud-killed-abortion-rights-fox-town-hall-1234944546\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cTrump Says He\u2019s \u2018Proud\u2019 to Have \u2018Terminated\u2019 Abortion Rights\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump and MAGA Republicans\u2019 anti-choice agenda is wildly unpopular with the American people.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/06\/18\/poll-abortion-support-dobbs-overturned-roe-v-wade\/70320647007\/\">USA Today<\/a>: <strong>\u201cAmericans overwhelmingly oppose the next goal of many anti-abortion activists, to enact a federal law banning abortion nationwide. By 80%-14%, those surveyed opposed that idea, including 65% of Republicans and 83% of independents.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/07\/12\/most-americans-support-abortion-poll\">Axios<\/a>: <strong>\u201cMost Americans support abortion access one year after Roe v. Wade: poll\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/08\/politics\/cnn-poll-abortion-electoral-litmus-test-supreme-court\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cA 64% majority of US adults say they disapprove of last year\u2019s Supreme Court ruling that women do not have a constitutional right to an abortion, with half strongly disapproving \u2013 an assessment that\u2019s almost entirely unchanged from CNN\u2019s poll last July in the immediate wake of the decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/538\/ivf-abortion-access-shape-2024-election\/story?id=108301112\">ABC News<\/a>: <strong>\u201cAmericans continue to support IVF and abortion access\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe vast majority of registered voters, <strong>80 percent, think IVF should be legal.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/navigatorresearch.org\/majorities-of-americans-believe-reproductive-care-should-be-easier-to-access\/\">Navigator Research<\/a>: <strong>\u201cLarge majorities say reproductive care like birth control pills and IVF should be made easier to access, including majorities of Republicans.<\/strong> \u2026 Americans across party lines also say access to fertility planning like IVF should be easier to access, including 72 percent of Democrats, 59 percent of independents, and 53 percent of Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Trump VP contender Ben Carson speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cMAGA VP contender Ben Carson \u2014 who compared abortion to slavery \u2014 would ban abortion nationwide with no exceptions for rape or incest if given the chance. Carson will do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1036170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump\u2019s MAGA Veepstakes: Ben Carson Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide With Zero Exceptions - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-maga-veepstakes-ben-carson-wants-to-ban-abortion-nationwide-with-zero-exceptions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-21T12:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-21T18:43:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/maga-veepstakes.webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-maga-veepstakes-ben-carson-wants-to-ban-abortion-nationwide-with-zero-exceptions\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-maga-veepstakes-ben-carson-wants-to-ban-abortion-nationwide-with-zero-exceptions\/\",\"name\":\"Trump\u2019s MAGA Veepstakes: Ben Carson Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide With Zero Exceptions - 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