{"id":1037344,"date":"2024-07-17T23:58:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T03:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1037344"},"modified":"2024-07-17T23:58:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T03:58:28","slug":"what-you-didnt-hear-tonight-anti-choice-extremist-jd-vance-backed-a-national-abortion-ban-and-compared-abortion-to-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-you-didnt-hear-tonight-anti-choice-extremist-jd-vance-backed-a-national-abortion-ban-and-compared-abortion-to-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT YOU DIDN\u2019T HEAR TONIGHT: Anti-Choice Extremist JD Vance Backed a National Abortion Ban and Compared Abortion to Slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Vance said he would like abortion to be \u201cillegal nationally\u201d and would open the door to banning women from traveling across states to get necessary reproductive health care \u2013 which is only necessary because of Trump\u2019s state abortion bans. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance said in 2022 he \u2018would like abortion to be illegal nationally\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018I certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally,\u2019 Vance said in January 2022 on a podcast when running for Senate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring a podcast interview in January 2022, then-candidate JD Vance said he \u2018certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally\u2019 and was \u2018sympathetic\u2019 to the view that a national ban was necessary to stop women from traveling across states to obtain an abortion.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance\u2019s anti-choice record includes celebrating when Donald Trump overturned <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong>, supporting a national abortion ban, criticizing exceptions for rape and incest, and comparing abortion to slavery.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JD Vance<\/a>: \u201cI think that what I really think on \u2013 so first of all, the <\/strong>Dobbs<\/em><\/strong> decision, everybody knows, overruled <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 I think that was the right decision.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manu Raju, CNN<\/a>: \u201cJ.D. Vance, the Ohio GOP senator, says Republicans need to shift their approach on abortion and begin to embrace federal legislation \u2026 \u2018We can\u2019t give into the idea that the federal Congress has no role in this matter,\u2019 he told us.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cOhio Senate candidate J.D. Vance argues against need for rape and incest exceptions in abortion laws\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cJ.D. Vance suggested he would support prohibiting abortion even in cases of rape and incest\u2014and dismissed those catalysts as \u2018inconvenient.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cVance said that he would vote for the national abortion ban at 15 weeks introduced by Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham \u2026 He did not explicitly say he supports a rape exception \u2026 He said the issue is too complex for him to name all the exceptions he might support on a debate stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance<\/a>: \u201cOhio has a heartbeat bill [banning abortion before many women know they\u2019re pregnant], I think that\u2019s a good bill.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance Compared Abortion to Slavery\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cVance has a strong anti-abortion record and was given an A+ ranking by Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, a prominent anti-abortion group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe campaigned against Ohio\u2019s 2023 ballot measure that guaranteed the right to abortion, and previously said he\u2019d vote for a nationwide abortion ban at 15 weeks.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring his campaign for Senate, Vance applauded the overturning of Roe v. Wade and supported Texas\u2019s ban on abortion, which does not allow exceptions other than cases where the mother\u2019s life is at risk. <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Two wrongs don\u2019t make a right,\u2019 he said in 2021 when asked whether abortion laws should allow for exceptions for rape and incest.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ProPublica<\/a>: \u201cHe argued that conservatives needed to take action against corporations that, say, defended abortion rights or punished employees who spoke out against abortion access.<\/strong> \u2018If we\u2019re unwilling to make companies that are taking the side of the left in the culture wars feel real economic pain, then we\u2019re not serious about winning the culture war,\u2019 he said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cSenate Republicans block Democratic bill codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSenate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation led by Democrats to revive the protections of Roe v. Wade in the wake of the Supreme Court eliminating the nationwide right to abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans who voted against include: JD Vance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance has repeatedly spoken out against and voted to block legislation to protect access to in vitro fertilization.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cSenate Republicans block legislation to codify IVF access\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThursday\u2019s vote comes a week after Republicans blocked a similar bill from Democrats that would have guaranteed the right to contraception.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans who voted against include: JD Vance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vanity Fair<\/a>: \u201cOn Wednesday, Senate Republicans are expected to object to Tammy Duckworth\u2019s Right to Build Families Act, because, surprise: They don\u2019t actually care about families and aren\u2019t \u2018pro-life.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018It\u2019s idiotic for us to take the bait,\u2019 Senator JD Vance<\/strong> told Politico, as though the measure were some kind of political trap. (He also noted that he had not actually read the bill yet.)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance said it himself: When it comes to ripping away reproductive freedoms, he is in lockstep with Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sean Hannity, Fox News<\/a>: \u201cSo you completely agree, are in full, complete agreement with President Trump?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JD Vance: \u201cMy view is that Donald Trump is the leader of the Republican Party and his views on abortion are going to be the views that dominate this party and drive this party forward.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vance said he would like abortion to be \u201cillegal nationally\u201d and would open the door to banning women from traveling across states to get necessary reproductive health care \u2013 which is only necessary because of Trump\u2019s state abortion bans.  CNN: \u201cJD Vance said in 2022 he \u2018would like abortion to be illegal nationally\u2019\u201d \u201c\u2018I certainly […]<\/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-1037344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWHAT YOU DIDN\u2019T HEAR TONIGHT: Anti-Choice Extremist JD Vance Backed a National Abortion Ban and Compared Abortion to Slavery - 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\/what-you-didnt-hear-tonight-anti-choice-extremist-jd-vance-backed-a-national-abortion-ban-and-compared-abortion-to-slavery\/\" \/>\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=\"2024-07-18T03:58:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\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=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-you-didnt-hear-tonight-anti-choice-extremist-jd-vance-backed-a-national-abortion-ban-and-compared-abortion-to-slavery\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-you-didnt-hear-tonight-anti-choice-extremist-jd-vance-backed-a-national-abortion-ban-and-compared-abortion-to-slavery\/\",\"name\":\"WHAT YOU DIDN\u2019T HEAR TONIGHT: Anti-Choice Extremist JD Vance Backed a National Abortion Ban and Compared Abortion to Slavery - 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