Kamala Harris criticized Donald Trump for calling himself a “protector” of women during an interview on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, Axios reports.
Said Harris: “There are now 20 states with Trump abortion bans, including bans that make no exceptions for rape or incest. This is the same guy that said women should be punished for having abortions.”
New York Times: In interview with “Call Her Daddy,” Harris hits back at Republican criticism of childless women.
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) told RealClearPolitics that Donald Trump, if elected, would seek to end federal money for Planned Parenthood.
Said Vance: “We don’t think that taxpayers should fund late-term abortions. That has been a consistent view of the Trump campaign the first time around, it will remain a consistent view.”
Kamala Harris joined host Alex Cooper on her popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast for a discussion on reproductive rights, The Hill reports.
“She sat Tuesday for the popular podcast among young, female listeners, and the episode is set to air next week, although the campaign did not specify the day.”
“The campaign called Cooper’s show a cultural phenomenon, noting it has millions of listeners and significant social media reach, which is why they saw it as a prime forum to discuss abortion access.”
“A few Republicans running for competitive or Democratic-leaning congressional seats are adopting and reviving a label that was nearly extinct in their party: pro-choice,” The Hill reports.
“The terminology marks some of the biggest changes in how the Republican Party is approaching abortion and reproductive issues that have challenged the party electorally since the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022.”
Melania Trump said in a new video that she believes there is “no room for compromise” when it comes to a woman’s “individual freedom.” CNN reports.
Said Trump: “Individual freedom is a fundamental principle that I safeguard. Without a doubt, there is no room for compromise when it comes to this essential right that all women possess from birth, individual freedom. What does my body, my choice really mean?”
“Her defense of abortion rights puts her at odds with her husband’s position roughly a month from Election Day.”
“Melania Trump made an extraordinary declaration in an eagerly awaited memoir to be published a month from election day: she is a passionate supporter of a woman’s right to control her own body – including the right to abortion,” The Guardian reports.
Writes Trump: “It is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference of having children, based on their own convictions, free from any intervention or pressure from the government.”
“Donald Trump said on social media during the debate that he would veto a national abortion ban, the first time he has clearly committed to a position that could appease some voters but is likely to anger his antiabortion allies,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Said Trump: “Everyone knows I would not support a federal abortion ban under any circumstances, and would, in fact, veto it, because it is up to the states to decide based on the will of their voters.”
Just published: Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win by Jessica Valenti.
A succinct examination of post-Roe America.
“The state can no longer enforce its ban on abortion that took effect in 2022, a Fulton County judge said Monday, allowing the procedure again to be performed in Georgia after a doctor detects fetal cardiac activity,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.
New York Times: “In the final, critical weeks in competitive congressional races, male Republicans struggling to appeal to female voters concerned about their records on reproductive rights are unleashing their spouses to make the pitch on their behalf.”
“Their ads often feature women in softly lit living rooms and pristine kitchens vouching for their husbands’ characters. Sometimes the women are driving SUVs with young children in the back seat as they stop for gas and groceries, talking about how their husbands are champions for their families, and can be champions for yours, too.”
“Other times, candidates film footage of a wholesome family gathering around the dining room table.”
“In at least one case, such a gathering includes a candidate at the dinner table in a family-like tableau with a woman and children who are not related.”
“Republicans don’t want to touch abortion, their most troublesome issue since the overturning of Roe v. Wade,” the New York Times reports.
“But like a toothache they keep probing with their tongue, they just can’t seem to help it…”
“Republicans have been eager to campaign on a southwestern border that at times has seemed uncontrolled, and on the lingering sting of inflation, both issues where voters continue to prefer Mr. Trump. But the one issue surveys have shown the party should be steering clear of is abortion.”
“At least 210 women faced criminal charges related to pregnancy, abortion, pregnancy loss, or birth in the year after the Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion,” Rolling Stone reports.
“In most of the cases — 121 of the 210 — the information later used against the women was obtained or disclosed in a medical setting, researchers found.”
“You will no longer be thinking about abortion.”
— Donald Trump, quoted by the New York Times, arguing that he will be a “protector” of women if he’s elected.
A majority of Hispanic Americans say that abortion should be legal in all or most cases, an AP-NORC poll found.
Ohio U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno (R) questioned why a certain group of women would be concerned about abortion during an event in the state, WCMH reports.
Said Moreno: “You know, the left has a lot of single issue voters. Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.’ … OK. It’s a little crazy by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.’”
A South Carolina woman had a miscarriage and was charged with murder, a direct consequence of the Republican abortion ban in the state, CNN reports.
A new New York Times/Siena poll in Arizona finds 58% of like voters said they planned to support an amendment to the state’s Constitution codifying “the fundamental right to an abortion.”
“The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care — far outpacing a slower rise in maternal mortality across the nation,” NBC News reports.
“From 2019 to 2022, the rate of maternal mortality cases in Texas rose by 56%, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period.”
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