The former vice president, long an outspoken opponent of abortion, said he prays that the justices named in the draft will 'right a historic wrong.'
, a likely candidate to seek the presidency in 2024, said Thursday he hopes the five justices named in a draft majority opinion have the “courage of their convictions” to overturn the case that created a constitutional right to abortion.
To reporters afterward, Pence said he hopes the expected decision gives the country “a fresh start on life,” and suggested that he would not support a national law banning abortion, should“The decision by the Supreme Court will not only overturn Roe versus Wade, but it will return the question on this profound moral issue to the states and the American people where it belongs,” he said.
Pence had scheduled the trip well before a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe was published by Politico this week, according to his aides. The visit is his fifth to South Carolina since leaving office. He’s also scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the Carolina Pregnancy Center’s annual gala Thursday evening in Spartanburg.
Pence has not declared he is running for president, but is taking the steps ― raising and spending money from a nonprofit advocacy group; helping candidates in their races for the coming midterms; visiting early voting states ― traditionally taken by candidates who run for their party’s nomination.
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