Biden campaign unveils abortion ad tied Donald Trump’s comments to Time

The Biden campaign on Thursday launched a seven-figure ad campaign that focuses on former President Trump’s recent comments to Time magazine, in which he said he would monitor women’s pregnancies or exclude those who had illegal abortions. He said the state should decide whether to prosecute.

The ad, titled “Prosecute,” was released to commemorate the second anniversary of the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The 60-second spot reports on President Trump’s recent comments and testimony from Dr. Austin Dennard, an obstetrician-gynecologist who said Texas’ abortion ban forced her to leave the state for treatment. I told the story.

“Two years ago, I got pregnant with my long-awaited baby. “We then learned that the fetus was in a fatal condition and would never survive,” Dennard said. in the advertisement. “Due to a new law in Texas, I had to flee my state to receive treatment.”

“If Donald Trump is elected, a woman’s right to choose will end,” she continued. “We would have nowhere to turn. We could lose our rights in every state, even in states where abortion is currently legal. And that means every woman in every state is at risk. It means there is.”

The Biden campaign said the ad will air during Saturday’s Kentucky Derby and on ESPN, TNT, Bravo, FX, Freeform, Comedy Central and other battleground states.

“Over the past two years, we have seen a growing health care crisis for women because of what Donald Trump has done as president,” Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a statement. . “If he’s re-elected, things will get even worse.”

“Our campaign will continue to relentlessly remind voters every day of the very real and frightening risks to women this November if President Trump has his way,” she added. Ta.

Abortion is a key issue heading into the 2024 election and a major vulnerability for President Trump, who is leading President Biden in polls in battleground states.

President Trump has argued that states should be able to determine their own abortion policies, either through legislation or voting systems. He also attacked Democrats for being too “radical” on the issue.

In an interview with Time magazine published this week, President Trump said it should be up to each state to decide whether to monitor a woman’s pregnancy or prosecute those who undergo illegal abortions. He also declined to say whether he would veto a national abortion ban if it reached his desk, saying there would be no need to do so because each state sets its own laws.

“Each state is making the decisions. And some people are unhappy because they have policies that are too liberal or policies that are too conservative, but we’ve brought it back to the states that should be doing it,” he said. He spoke at a rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday. “And after a period of time, it works out. And it eliminated a lot of controversy, which was a good thing.”

“You have to follow your heart. You have to do the right thing. But you also have to get elected,” Trump added. “Because if you’re not elected, a lot of bad things are going to happen besides the abortion issue. There’s going to be a lot of very bad things that are going to happen, from taxes to the military to everything else. It was very interesting to watch.”