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For all his success, J.D. Vance’s vice presidential debate performance suffered from one weakness: his abortion position. Vance, who had long been an outspoken defender of children conceived in “the difficult cases” of rape and incest, began modifying his position as Donald Trump began considering him as his running mate — and his over-modulated response attracted heavy criticism. Live Action founder Lila Rose found Vance’s abortion answer “sad and disappointing,” because it “furthered the false narrative that killing a baby, because the baby’s father is abusive, is somehow good for women.”
However, even while comporting himself with Trump’s national neutrality policy on abortion, Vance made a few important distinctions that deserve the notice, and praise, of the pro-life movement.
The ‘National Abortion Ban’ vs. a ‘Minimum National Standard’
The Left has repeatedly raised the alarm that, their insistent promises notwithstanding, Trump and Vance are secretly plotting to sign “a national abortion ban” once in office. The abortion industry, Democrats, and their fellow travelers in the media, have continually conflated the 15-week protection with a “national abortion ban” — and all-too-frequently, Republicans have ...
