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In a campaign speech Biden said, "If I have anything to do with it, I’m going to end up signing a law reinstating Roe v. Wade."
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Donald Trump is making it clear: He is loudly claiming credit for the decision to ‘kill Roe v. Wade’ and create a horrifying reality for women across the country living under cruel abortion bans, most of which have no exceptions for rape or incest. Trump is the reason why one-third of American women can’t access reproductive care, and if given the chance, he’ll go even further to rip away basic freedoms from more of us. The American people understand what’s at stake with Trump’s extreme and unpopular anti-choice agenda – and that’s why they will make him a loser once again this November.
Take it from Donald Trump himself – he is demanding credit for the reversal of Roe v. Wade and the ensuing cruel abortion bans across the country.
Trump: “I was proudly the person responsible for the ending of … Roe v. Wade.”
Trump: “After 50 years of failure, with nobody coming even close, I was able to kill Roe v. Wade … Without me, there would be no 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 15 weeks, or whatever is finally agreed to. Without me, the pro-life movement would have just kept losing. Thank you President TRUMP!!!”
Trump: “For 54 years they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it, and I’m proud to have done it. … Nobody else was going to get that done but I, and we did it, and we did something that was a miracle.”
Trump: “I’m the one that got rid of Roe v. Wade, and everybody said that was an impossible thing to do. I put on three Supreme Court justices. Very few people have had that privilege or honor.”
Trump: “Getting rid of Roe v. Wade was an incredible thing for pro-life because it gave pro-life something to negotiate with. Pro-life had absolutely nothing, being stuck in Roe v. Wade, to negotiate with. … And look, everybody that was president wanted to get rid and tried to get rid of Roe v. Wade … For fifty years, this has been going on. I was able to do it, and I was very honored to do it.”
Rolling Stone: “Trump Claims Credit for All Abortion Bans”
Business Insider: “Trump boasts he’s ‘proud’ about his role in overturning Roe v. Wade, the issue that has become ballot-box poison for Republicans”
Rolling Stone: “Trump Says He’s ‘Proud’ to Have ‘Terminated’ Abortion Rights”
Trump campaign radio ad: “And Trump nominated conservative judges, leading to Roe v. Wade being overturned.”
FWIW: “This week, we found more evidence that the Trump campaign has no interest in ‘moderating’ on the issue of abortion. On Monday, his team began running new Facebook video ads targeting voters in Iowa, referring to Trump as ‘THE MOST Pro-Life President in history.’”
Let’s not forget: Trump said he would sign a national abortion ban if elected to a second term.
Associated Press: “Trump says he will support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy”
Trump: “There of course remains a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life. And it’s very important.”
Trump on if he would sign a six-week national abortion ban: “I’m looking at all options.”
Trump: “We’ll pick something that’s going to be very, very good for pro-life … I’m going to be in there pushing.”
Rolling Stone: “Trump Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide: Report”
New York Times: “Trump Privately Expresses Support for a 16-Week Abortion Ban”
Rolling Stone: “Trump Floats National Abortion Ban After Claiming He’s ‘On the Side of Women’”
Trump also backed a national abortion ban during his first term and said women should be punished for getting an abortion.
The Hill: “The Trump administration formally backed a House bill Monday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks. … It would make it a crime to perform or attempt an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, with the possibility of a fine, up to five years in prison or both.”
Trump: “There has to be some form of punishment [for women who have an abortion].”
Here are just some of Trump’s cruel abortion bans that women are forced to suffer under across America – most of which have no exceptions for rape or incest:
Alabama: “Abortions became almost entirely illegal in Alabama on June 24. A 2019 state abortion ban took effect making it a felony to perform an abortion at any stage of pregnancy, with no exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.”
Arizona: “Arizona court weighs 1864 abortion ban that risks ‘conditions of misery’”
Arkansas: “Arkansas bans nearly all abortions after Roe v. Wade overturned”
Florida: “Florida’s new restrictions will chip away at the little abortion access left in the South”
Georgia: “Georgia abortion ban remains in effect after state Supreme Court ruling”
Kentucky: “Abortion is banned in almost all circumstances.”
Louisiana: “Louisiana abortion ban preserved after lawmakers kill bill to call public vote”
Missouri: “Republicans block attempt to add rape, incest exemptions to Missouri’s abortion ban”
North Carolina: “North Carolina’s abortion law may make traveling to end a pregnancy impossible for some in the South”
North Dakota: “North Dakota court keeps strict abortion ban in place even in cases of medical emergencies”
Oklahoma: “Abortion is banned in almost all circumstances.”
South Carolina: “South Carolina’s new all-male highest court reverses course on abortion, upholding strict 6-week ban”
South Dakota: “Abortions now illegal in South Dakota following Supreme Court’s ruling”
Tennessee: “Amid uncertainty and anger, Tennessee’s abortion ban takes effect”
Texas: “Texas passes law banning abortion after six weeks”
Wisconsin: “Wisconsin Republicans approve a bill banning abortions after 14 weeks of pregnancy”
North Dakota: “North Dakota governor signs law banning nearly all abortions”
Trump and MAGA Republicans’ extreme anti-abortion agenda is overwhelmingly unpopular with voters.
USA Today: “Americans overwhelmingly oppose the next goal of many anti-abortion activists, to enact a federal law banning abortion nationwide. By 80%-14%, those surveyed opposed that idea, including 65% of Republicans and 83% of independents.”
Axios: “Most Americans support abortion access one year after Roe v. Wade: poll”
CNN: “A 64% majority of US adults say they disapprove of last year’s Supreme Court ruling that women do not have a constitutional right to an abortion, with half strongly disapproving – an assessment that’s almost entirely unchanged from CNN’s poll last July in the immediate wake of the decision.”
Trump's campaign website said, "He confirmed three strong Constitutionalists to the United States Supreme Court who will ensure the law is upheld equally, fairly, and without political prejudice for all of our citizens. President Trump’s three appointees delivered the biggest win for life in a generation in overturning Roe v. Wade." Source...