Associated Press
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday he expected to call out former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during this month’s Republican presidential debate for not insisting on a national abortion ban, an issue Pence says requires federal action.
“My former running mate, the Governor of Florida and others are suggesting that the Supreme Court returned the question of abortion to the states,” Pence told reporters while touring the Iowa State Fair on Friday. The 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade stripped away constitutional protections for the procedure.
“I truly do believe it’s vitally important that we seize the opportunity at the national level to advance protections for the right to life, and I’ll do so as president,” he added. “This is a really big issue. It will be on the stage in Milwaukee.”
Pence was referring to the Republican Presidential debate scheduled for Aug. 23 in Milwaukee.
Pence has recommended federal legislation that would ban abortion nationwide at 15 weeks of pregnancy, a notion fellow Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has also proposed.
Trump’s position that the legality of abortion should be determined by states, not the federal government, was sharply rebuked by top abortion opponents, including the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America group. Trump’s three Supreme Court nominees voted with the majority last year to overturn the 49-year-old decision that recognized a federal abortion right.
As Governor, DeSantis has signed legislation this year banning abortion in Florida at six weeks, but has not pressed for a national ban. That has also drawn criticism from the groups that rebuked Trump.
5 comments
Dont Say FLA
August 12, 2023 at 3:35 pm
Except for those pressing charges against Trump, nobody gonna be pressing Trump on anything. GOP Chairlady Ronna McDonald gave him a free pass out of the debates, saying everybody has to sign a loyalty pledge to Ron DeSantis (among others) if they want to debate.
With that free pass Ms Ronna gifted to Trump, he doesn’t have to debate which is fine by him because “why bother?”
He also gets to whine about how he is being treatled soooooooo unfairly for being excluded from the debates he never had any interest in joining.
PeterH
August 12, 2023 at 6:05 pm
Go for it Pence. American women want you to tell them how to manage their healthcare!
Silly Wabbit
August 14, 2023 at 12:14 pm
He kwazy!
Tropical
August 12, 2023 at 11:40 pm
That will be a great subject to bring up again and again.
It’s the surest way to lose in the 21st Century.
Biscuit
August 14, 2023 at 12:30 pm
What a gift if would be if Pence won the nomination and ran on his national abortion ban. The Dems could put up a dog and win!
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