Former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, said Saturday that he would veto Trump’s federal abortion ban if the bill passes Congress.
Asked on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” about GOP lawmakers like South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham wanting Trump to defend and pass the abortion ban, Vance told moderator Kristen Welker that Trump said he would “obviously” veto it. prohibition.
“I mean, if you don’t support it, as the president of the United States, you should basically veto it,” Vance said.
The latest position of the Trump campaign is the same as that of the former president changed his position on abortion policy over the years.
In April, Trump was asked in Atlanta if he would sign the asphalt abortion ban if it passed Congress, and he simply said no.
However, the former president did not say what he considered a “ban” at that time.
Trump in 2018 when he became president He urged the Senate to accept it A 20-week restriction on abortions has already passed the House.
Last year, he celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and strike down the constitutional right to abortion.
“After 50 years of failure, with no one coming close, I was able to kill Roe v. Wade, shocking everyone,” Trump he said In a May 2023 social media post.
And Trump in March flirted with the concept About the 15-week federal abortion ban, he told a local radio host, “Now the number of weeks – people agree on 15, and I think from that point of view, and it will come out to something very reasonable.”
“But people really — even the hardliners agree — it looks like 15 weeks is a number that people agree on,” Trump said in that interview.