Former Vice President Mike Pence criticizes former President Donald Trump's statement that abortion rulings should be decided by individual states. Pence also expresses support for giving families access to in vitro fertilization (IVF). Pence considers Trump's remarks as a betrayal to his supporters.
FILE - President Donald Trump listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a briefing at the White House, March 29, 2020, in Washington. Former Vice President Mike Pence denounced Monday former President Donald Trump ’s declaration that abortion rulings should be left to individual states.Monday morning asserting the position, as well as that he supports giving families access to in vitro fertilization .
Pence asserted Trump’s remarks were a “slap in the face” to Americans who voted for him in the past two presidential elections. "Today, too many Republican politicians are all too ready to wash their hands of the battle for life,” the former vice presidenton X. “Republicans win on life when we speak the truth boldly and stand on the principle that we all know to be true – human life begins at conception and should be defended from womb to tomb.”
The Trump-Pence administration nominated and supported Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, who had demonstrated opposition to abortion. The former vice president championed Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade. “By nominating and standing by the confirmation of conservative justices, the Trump-Pence Administration helped send Roe v. Wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs and gave the pro-life movement the opportunity to compassionately support women and unborn children,” Pence wrote.“In the landmark Dobbs decision, the Supreme Court returned the question of abortion to the states and the American people,” the former vice president said.
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