The abortion portion of Tuesday night's debate was illustrative of how the issue is being handled by the far left: Predictably, the moderator's questions were designed to misframe the issue and never allow Vice President Kamala Harris to confront her about any restrictions she might support (because she does not support any restrictions).
Host Lindsey Davis began the discussion on abortion by noting that former President Donald Trump had rescinded his support for Florida's heartbeat law. She was referring to a question Trump had been asked by NBC about Florida's Fourth Amendment. Trump said the six-week ban was premature. But later in the week, he said he would vote for it. Against Amendment 4.
But this is actually do not Constitute a reversal.
The Fourth Amendment Unlimited abortions Instead of just overturning the six-week limit in the Florida Constitution, it overturned the 15-week and 20-week limits, essentially There are no restrictions.
As Breitbart News pointed out, it's entirely consistent for someone to say no. both Six week restrictions and the Fourth Amendment. And that's President Trump's position.
Trump has repeatedly, including during the debates, said he opposes late-term abortion, yet Democrats and Harris fully support it, praise it, encourage it and call for funding for it.
Trump spoke about abortion in September, saying it was a violation of the Fourth Amendment and Nine other states have similar reforms in place. The federal Women's Health Protection Act, a bill supported by Harris, would do the same. Of course, the host didn't mention that horrible bill, allowing Harris to repeat the same old line: “Restore the Women's Health Protection Act.” Roe v. WadeBut as pro-lifers have pointed out since 1973, egg Third-trimester abortion was permitted. egg It does not guarantee protection to humans in the womb.
For states that have enacted fetal protection laws, Roe v. Wade Harris said that if the bill is overturned in 2022, “more than 20 states will have President Trump's anti-abortion laws in place that make it a crime for doctors and nurses to perform the procedure.”
That's a lie. Again, it has been repeated many times, including by the debate moderator, and has never been refuted. There is no law in any state that prohibits doctors from treating women suffering from miscarriage or life-threatening pregnancy-related symptoms. If doctors refuse to provide such treatment to women, then the problem is those doctors, not the law.
More than 20 states have restricted abortion since the late 1960s. eggHarris' description of the “Trump abortion ban” is also a lie. It is not a Trump ban, it is a law enacted by the people and their elected representatives (what Democrats like to call “democracy”). egg It has been banned, and Democrats want to ban it again through “restoration.” egg and through state amendments.
For Harris and her party, abortion is a one-dimensional issue, discussed as if it only affects women, without any mention of the fact that a second life is involved. Babies who are actually killed, brutally and often past the stage of pain, are never acknowledged.
Harris declared that “one need not abandon one's faith or deeply held beliefs to agree that the government, and certainly Donald Trump, should not dictate what women should do with their bodies. But by refusing to acknowledge that the government has the express authority to protect all its citizens, including the unborn, Harris has clearly abandoned both her faith and her humanity. The effect of abortion on a woman's body is to kill the separate and unique individual growing inside her.
Davis' “fact check” on infanticide — in which she said there is no state in the country where it is legal to kill a baby after birth — was Harris' Opposition as U.S. Senator Oppose federal legislation requiring emergency medical treatment for babies who survive abortions. We know this happens. In fact, Harris' running mate, Governor Tim Walz, had evidence of this happening in Minnesota and said: Obsolete Viable birth laws and the requirement to keep records of aborted newborns. Democrats are once again erasing the victims of abortion.
President Trump got it right on abortion during the debate, according to our Priest for Life/McLaughlin Poll. Showed Earlier this year, more than 60% of voters supported a pro-life candidate who would help mothers keep their babies, even if he or she allowed exceptions, over one who would allow unlimited abortion access.
Democrats are hoping the abortion issue will give them an electoral advantage, but a deeper analysis reveals that on this issue, as on so many others, it is actually President Trump and the Republican Party that are closer to what the average American voter thinks. And Tuesday's debate proved just that.
Frank Pavone is the National President of Priest for Life and the National Pastoral Director for Rachel's Vineyard Ministries and the Silent No More Awareness Campaign. His books include: Abolition of abortion and Preach the message of life.
