Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) said on Saturday that former President Donald Trump would veto a federal abortion ban if he is elected president again.
Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, Vance said he can “absolutely commit” that if he and Trump win in November, they will not impose a federal abortion ban.
“Donald Trump wants to end this culture war over this particular topic. … Donald Trump’s view is that we want the individual states and their individual cultures and unique political sensibilities to make these decisions because we don’t want to have a nonstop federal conflict over this issue,” he said.
He emphasized that the federal government should instead be focusing on economic and immigration issues, such as food and housing prices, while letting the states decide their policies on abortion.
Pressed by host Kristen Welker on whether Trump would veto a federal abortion ban if it reached his desk, Vance said, “I think he would. He said that explicitly he would.”
Vance’s comments come as Democrats attempt to tie Trump to a federal abortion ban if he is reelected.
Vice President Kamala Harris posted on X Saturday that “Trump hand-picked three members of the Supreme Court because he intended for them to overturn Roe v. Wade — as he intended, they did. If he is re-elected, we know he will sign a national abortion ban.”
However, on Friday Trump posted on Truth Social that his administration “will be great for women and their reproductive rights,” drawing the ire of anti-abortion advocates, who say “reproductive rights” is a euphemism for abortion.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence was among those who criticized Trump, saying he used the “language of the Left.”
Notably, the Republican Party in July dropped language advocating federal abortion limits from its party platform. Instead, it emphasizes opposing late-term abortion and establishes support for “mothers and policies that advance prenatal care, access to birth control, and IVF (fertility treatments).”
