{"id":1036623,"date":"2024-06-27T16:33:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1036623"},"modified":"2024-06-27T16:33:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:33:55","slug":"trumps-maga-veepstakes-vp-contenders-back-trumps-dangerous-attacks-to-rip-away-reproductive-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-maga-veepstakes-vp-contenders-back-trumps-dangerous-attacks-to-rip-away-reproductive-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s MAGA Veepstakes: VP Contenders Back Trump\u2019s Dangerous Attacks to Rip Away Reproductive Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Following the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in a case on emergency abortion care access, <\/em>DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe future of our freedoms is on the ballot this November because Donald Trump and his VP contenders are united in an extreme and unpopular anti-choice agenda to attack reproductive health care. While Trump brags about overturning Roe v. Wade<\/em> and celebrates cruel bans that are denying women critical care, his VP contenders are tripping over themselves to prove they are willing to take his anti-choice agenda even further. As Trump and his MAGA allies continue their cruel efforts to rip away women\u2019s freedoms, voters are being given every reason to reject their extreme agenda at the ballot box in November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump\u2019s potential running mates want to ban abortion, with several opposing exceptions for rape or incest. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBS News<\/a>: \u201cBurgum<\/strong> signed into law one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country, an abortion ban that allows limited exceptions up to six weeks’ gestation, and only for medical emergencies at any other point in the pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cOn abortion, Vance<\/strong> said that he would vote for the national abortion ban at 15 weeks introduced by Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsweek<\/a>: \u201cJ.D. Vance<\/strong> Backs \u2018National Standard\u2019 for Abortions\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business Insider<\/a>: \u201cSen. Marco Rubio<\/strong> supported banning almost all abortions in a newly uncovered 2010 questionnaire\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Scott<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> \u201cWe have to have a federal limit on how far we can go, and that is something that we have to discuss.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201c\u2018If I were president of the United States, I would literally sign the most conservative pro-life legislation that they can get through Congress,\u2019 Scott<\/strong> added, regarding a federal ban.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Byron Donalds<\/strong><\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cAs we celebrate this Holy Week and reflect on its true meaning, we recognize the profound dignity of EVERY human life, from the womb to the tomb. Today, @GovRonDeSantis signed the 15 week abortion ban, protecting the unborn in Florida and our most important God-given right\u2014LIFE.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201c[Kristi Noem<\/strong>] defends state\u2019s abortion \u2018trigger\u2019 ban when asked if 10-year-old should be forced to give birth\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WWNY<\/a>: \u201cStefanik<\/strong> backs federal ban on most abortions after 15 weeks\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Office of Senator Lindsey Graham<\/a>: \u201cGraham Reintroduces 20-Week Abortion Ban\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe legislation is cosponsored by U.S. Senators\u2026 Marsha Blackburn<\/strong> (R-Tennessee)… Tom Cotton<\/strong> (R-Arkansas)… Joni Ernst<\/strong> (R-Iowa)… Bill Hagerty <\/strong>(R-Tennessee)… Marco Rubio<\/strong> (R-Florida)… Tim Scott<\/strong> (R-South Carolina)…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Cotton<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cLindsey Graham has proposed something the Senate has voted on in the past which is reasonable restrictions on late-term abortions\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AL.com<\/a>: \u201cU.S. Senate Republican candidate Katie Britt<\/strong> has called herself \u2018100% pro-life,\u2019 and said she will fight for anti-abortion measures if she wins the seat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cCarson<\/strong> Doesn\u2019t Support Exceptions for Abortions in Rape, Incest\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Huckabee Sanders<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cLook, I\u2019m an unapologetic pro-life advocate and would push for anything that strengthens our ability to continue to have strong pro-life legislation here in the state of Arkansas\u2026 \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THV11 Reporter: \u201cAnd would you put in any sort of\u2026 exception for rape or incest or anything of that nature?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huckabee Sanders: \u201cLike I said, I want to push for the strongest pro-life legislation that we can possibly have in our state\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporter: \u201cSo probably not?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huckabee Sanders: \u201cNo, I would not advocate for those exceptions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s VP contenders also have long records of pushing to restrict or even ban medication abortion across the country.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tennessee Lookout<\/a>: \u201cA total of 145 members of Congress from 36 states, who opposed access to mifepristone remaining as it is today, submitted their own 39-page brief in the case, calling on the Supreme Court to limit access.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signers include<\/a>: Katie Britt, Marsha Blackburn, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, Elise Stefanik, Marjorie Taylor Greene, <\/strong>and Michael Waltz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cindy Hyde-Smith<\/a>: \u201cU.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Congressman Bob Latta (R-Ohio) today reintroduced their Support and Value Expectant (SAVE) Moms and Babies Act to strengthen federal controls over the regulation and distribution of chemical abortion drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe 31 original cosponsors of the Senate measure include: \u2026 Marsha Blackburn <\/strong>(R-Tenn.), \u2026 Tom Cotton<\/strong> (R-Ark.) \u2026 Mike Lee<\/strong> (R-Utah), \u2026 Marco Rubio<\/strong> (R-Fla.) \u2026 Tim Scott<\/strong> (R-S.C.) \u2026 Michael Waltz <\/strong>(R-Fla.).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Scott<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> \u201cU.S. Senator Tim Scott<\/strong> introduced legislation to protect the sanctity of human life by prohibiting chemical abortions from being performed without the supervision of a healthcare provider.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPR<\/a>: \u201cAs medication abortion becomes dominant, red states restrict pills\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn South Dakota, Gov. Kristi Noem<\/strong> recently signed legislation designed to restrict access to the drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cRamaswamy<\/strong>: Supreme Court should rule against FDA approval of abortion pill\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elise Stefanik<\/strong> Letters Co-Signed, SBA Pro-Life America<\/a>: \u201cThis pro-life amicus brief asks the Supreme Court of the United States to deny a stay on a 5th Circuit ruling that would have returned chemical abortion drugs to the 2016 safety protocols, ending reckless and illegal mail-order abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Trump \u201cproudly\u201d overturning <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong>, women are living under draconian abortion bans across the country and are being turned away from emergency rooms and denied critical care \u2014 and he thinks these bans are working \u201cvery brilliantly.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cI was proudly the person responsible for the ending of \u2026 <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cWe terminated <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong>. \u2026 It\u2019s really working out well for people. And they\u2019re very, very happy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cWe broke <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/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

People<\/a>: \u201cPregnant Women Are Being Denied Emergency Room Care Since Fall of Roe v. Wade<\/em> \u2014 with Dire Consequences\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cEmergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cDelayed and denied: Women pushed to death’s door for abortion care in post-Roe America\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201c\u2018They forced me to carry my baby to the end\u2019: women of color on being denied abortion post-Roe\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cAn ectopic pregnancy put her life at risk. A Texas hospital refused to treat her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cNorth Dakota court keeps strict abortion ban in place even in cases of medical emergencies\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201c1 in 3 American women have already lost abortion access. More restrictive laws are coming.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in a case on emergency abortion care access, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement:  \u201cThe future of our freedoms is on the ballot this November because Donald Trump and his VP contenders are united in an extreme and unpopular anti-choice agenda to attack reproductive health care. 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