{"id":1046661,"date":"2024-08-24T21:36:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T01:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1046661"},"modified":"2024-08-24T21:36:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T01:36:02","slug":"fact-jd-vance-wants-to-help-trump-ban-abortion-nationwide-with-or-without-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/fact-jd-vance-wants-to-help-trump-ban-abortion-nationwide-with-or-without-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT: JD Vance Wants to Help Trump Ban Abortion Nationwide \u2013\u00a0With or Without Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to JD Vance lying about the Trump-Vance ticket\u2019s Project 2025 agenda to ban abortion nationwide, <\/em>DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJD Vance will lie about anything if it helps Donald Trump get back into office and enact their Project 2025 plans to ban abortion nationwide \u2013 with or without Congress. Just like Trump, Vance owns his consistent anti-choice record and their extreme Project 2025 agenda that would use the 151-year old Comstock Act to rip away women\u2019s freedoms across the country. Let\u2019s be clear: no matter how they try to cover for their dangerous MAGA agenda, the Trump-Vance ticket stands for less freedom while Vice President Harris and Governor Walz have pledged to defend our fundamental rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance tried to claim Trump would veto a national abortion ban\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristen Welker, NBC News<\/a>: \u201c[Trump] would veto a federal abortion ban?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance: \u201cI think he would.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026but the Trump-Vance ticket\u2019s Project 2025 plan would ban abortion nationwide without Congress\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forbes<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance And Project 2025 Want To Use This 19th Century Law To Ban Abortion\u2014Without Congress\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cVance urged DOJ to enforce Comstock Act, crack down on abortion pills\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump signals openness to banning abortion pill\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Republic<\/a>: \u201cOn January 20, 2025, conservatives plan to resurrect a 150-year-old defunct law to ban abortion across the nation.<\/strong> This is not a secret plan\u2014far from it. It\u2019s part of the 180-Day Playbook produced by Project 2025, detailing priorities for an incoming conservative president on day one\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe playbook says the president should enforce a 150-year-old law, the Comstock Act, which right-wing groups see as a way to ban abortion nationally because it outlaws the use of the mail for the purposes of sending or receiving any object that could be used for an abortion.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026and both Vance and Trump have repeatedly expressed support for a national abortion ban.<\/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

\u201cJD 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

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump says he will support national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cTrump Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide: Report\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cTrump Privately Expresses Support for a 16-Week Abortion Ban\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cTrump Floats National Abortion Ban After Claiming He\u2019s \u2018On the Side of Women\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cThere of course remains a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life. And it\u2019s very important.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump on if he would sign a six-week national abortion ban<\/a>: \u201cI’m looking at all options.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cWe’ll pick something that’s going to be very, very good for pro-life\u2026 I\u2019m going to be in there pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMINDER: Vance\u2019s anti-choice record includes attacking exceptions for rape and incest, comparing abortion to slavery, voting against codifying IVF access nationwide, and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

The Hill<\/a>: \u201c[Vance] 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

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

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

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

Trump and Vance\u2019s anti-choice Project 2025 agenda to rip away reproductive freedoms is wildly unpopular.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semafor<\/a>: \u201cNew polling shared exclusively with Semafor shows Democrats\u2019 attacks on JD Vance\u2019s views on abortion, divorce and \u2018childless cat ladies\u2019 are sticking with voters\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c…A 2021 interview with Spectrum News in which [Vance] defended a Texas abortion law\u2019s lack of exceptions for rape and incest by suggesting pregnancies from such circumstances are \u2018inconvenient.\u2019 Sixty-two percent of voters said they were \u2018bothered\u2019 Vance used the word \u2018inconvenient\u2019 to describe pregnancies that stem from rape and incest with 50% reporting \u2018it bothers me a lot.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA Today<\/a>: \u201cAmericans overwhelmingly oppose the next goal of many anti-abortion activists, to enact a federal law banning abortion nationwide.<\/strong> By 80%-14%, those surveyed opposed that idea, including 65% of Republicans and 83% of independents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cRecord share of U.S. voters back abortion rights and will vote on it: Gallup\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cAbortion rights have won in every election since Roe v. Wade was overturned\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cThere\u2019s widespread support for letting women obtain drugs for medication abortion from their doctor or a clinic, with 72% supporting \u2014 including half of Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to JD Vance lying about the Trump-Vance ticket\u2019s Project 2025 agenda to ban abortion nationwide, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement:  \u201cJD Vance will lie about anything if it helps Donald Trump get back into office and enact their Project 2025 plans to ban abortion nationwide \u2013 with or without Congress. 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