CLAIM: President Joe Biden claims that voting for former President Donald Trump is “the same as voting for a nationwide abortion ban.”
Verdict: False.
In April, President Trump said the abortion issue was a matter of “the will of the people” and should be left to states to decide. Posts She posted a video on Truth Social in which she stated her stance on abortion.
“My view is that from a legal perspective, abortion should be available wherever anyone wants it, and states should be able to decide, either by vote or by legislation or both, and that decision should become the law of the land,” Trump said in the video.
Trump added in the video that states will enact varying forms of laws regarding the “number of weeks” before abortion is banned.
Many states have different circumstances, many states have different weeks, and some states are more conservative than others and that will be the reality. Ultimately, this is all a matter of the will of the people. You have to follow your heart, or in many cases, your religion or faith.
Nonetheless, Biden I have written “A vote for Trump is a vote for a nationwide abortion ban,” X wrote in a post on Monday night.
A vote for Trump is a vote for a nationwide abortion ban.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 24, 2024
Other Democrats, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have argued that abortion would be banned nationwide if Trump is re-elected in November. In May, Clinton argued that “every” woman “will live in a state where abortion is restricted or prohibited.”
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) said in an interview with former White House press secretary and MSNBC host Jen Psaki: Said Trump is a “liar” and never doubted that the former president would sign a nationwide abortion ban into law.
The United States Supreme Court Roe v. Wade The issue of abortion will be put back in the hands of state lawmakers and voters in June 2022.
Since then, states including Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina have enacted abortion bans within six weeks, and nine states have passed laws banning abortion within six weeks. state Near-total abortion bans were passed in the South.
Nine states and Washington, D.C. the current There are no restrictions on abortion.
In May, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs (Democrat) repealed an 1864 law that banned nearly all abortions in the state.
