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09/17/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/17/2024 19:17

Donald Trump Has Been Consistent … In His Agenda to Ban Abortion Nationwide Arrow

In response to JD Vance saying Donald Trump has been consistent on abortion, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement:

"JD Vance is right: Donald Trump has been consistent in his anti-choice Project 2025 agenda to ban abortion nationwide, and we should take him at his word."

JD Vance is right: Donald Trump has been consistent on the issue of abortion, repeatedly making it clear that he would ban abortion nationwide with the Trump-Vance ticket's anti-choice Project 2025 agenda.

Vance: "You take [Trump] for his word or you don't. … He's been as consistent as he could about [abortion]."

Rolling Stone: "Trump Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide: Report"

Associated Press: "Trump says he will support national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy"

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: "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."

New Republic: "On January 20, 2025, conservatives plan to resurrect a 150-year-old defunct law to ban abortion across the nation. This is not a secret plan-far from it. It's part of the 180-Day Playbook produced by Project 2025, detailing priorities for an incoming conservative president on day one. These 900 pages lay out a Christian nationalist vision of the United States, one in which married heterosexuality is the only valid form of sexual expression and identity; all pregnancies would be carried to term, even if that requires coercion or death; and transgender and gender-nonconforming people do not exist…"

Axios: "[Project 2025] is undeniably a Trump-driven operation. The biggest tell: Johnny McEntee - one of Trump's closest White House aides, and his most fervent internal loyalty enforcer - is a senior adviser to Project 2025. One of the most powerful architects is Stephen Miller, a top West Wing adviser for the Trump administration."

After all, Trump STILL brags about how he "proudly" overturned Roe v. Wade and paved the way for extreme abortion bans across the country, which he's celebrated as "working very brilliantly."

Trump: "I was proudly the person responsible for the ending of … Roe v. Wade."

Trump: "We broke Roe v. Wade and we did something that nobody thought was possible. We gave it back to the states, and the states are working very brilliantly … But they're working, and it's working the way it's supposed to."

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 me, and we did it, and we did something that was a miracle."

Trump: "After 50 years of failure, with nobody coming even close, I was able to kill Roe v. Wade, much to the 'shock' of everyone … 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: "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."

New York Times: 22 states across the country currently have abortion bans.