| In response to Donald Trump saying he will vote against an amendment to protect abortion access in Florida after he ended Roe v. Wade, DNC Communications Director Rosemary Boeglin released the following statement:
“Of course Donald Trump will vote to keep Florida’s draconian abortion ban in place — he’s the reason it exists. Women in Florida and across the country are being turned away from emergency rooms, denied critical care when they need it most, and seeing their rights stripped away while Trump brags about how he ‘proudly’ overturned Roe v. Wade and made these cruel laws possible. Trump is showing us once again exactly who he is: An anti-choice extremist, just like his running mate JD Vance, who will stop at nothing to ban abortion nationwide — with or without Congress — as part of their dangerous Project 2025 agenda.”
BREAKING: In a new interview, Donald Trump said he will be voting AGAINST a ballot measure to repeal Florida’s extreme ban on abortion and codify access.
Trump: “…I will be voting no [on Florida’s amendment to codify abortion access]…”
Trump made cruel abortion bans like Florida’s — which he says are “working very brilliantly” — possible by “proudly” overturning Roe v. Wade.
Trump: “I was proudly the person responsible for the ending of Roe v. Wade”
Trump: “For 54 years they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it, and I’m proud to have done it. … Nobody else was going to get that done but me, and we did it, and we did something that was a miracle.”
Trump: “We broke Roe v. Wade and we did something that nobody thought was possible. We gave it back to the states, and the states are working very brilliantly … But they’re working, and it’s working the way it’s supposed to.”
Rolling Stone: “Trump Says He’s ‘Proud’ to Have ‘Terminated’ Abortion Rights”
Associated Press: “Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill approved by the Republican-dominated Florida Legislature to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy…
“The policy would have wider implications for abortion access throughout the South in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year overturning Roe v. Wade and leaving decisions about abortion access to states.”
Just last night, Trump’s running mate JD Vance attended a fundraiser hosted by anti-choice extremist Wilton Simpson, who helped pass an extreme abortion ban in Florida and attacked exceptions for rape or incest.
Washington Examiner: “The Florida lawmaker is Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, who hosted a roundtable discussion fundraiser with Vance in Dade City on Thursday, tickets for which cost $50,000 per person, according to reports…
“Simpson was the president of Florida’s Senate in 2022 before he became commissioner last year, when the chamber passed a law restricting abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) to sign.
“‘I think it’s a great day,’ Simpson said at the time. ‘After 15 weeks, that is a child. And so the argument is, should you kill a baby after 15 weeks because it was [conceived] under certain circumstances?’”
If given the chance, Trump and Vance would ban abortion nationwide with their dangerous Project 2025 agenda.
Rolling Stone: “Trump Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide: Report”
Trump: “There of course remains a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life. And it’s very important.”
Trump on if he would sign a six-week national abortion ban: “I’m looking at all options.”
CNN: “JD Vance said in 2022 he ‘would like abortion to be illegal nationally’”
“During a podcast interview in January 2022, then-candidate JD Vance said he ‘certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally’ and was ‘sympathetic’ to the view that a national ban was necessary to stop women from traveling across states to obtain an abortion.”
Newsweek: “J.D. Vance Backs ‘National Standard’ for Abortions”
Daily Beast: “J.D. Vance suggested he would support prohibiting abortion even in cases of rape and incest—and dismissed those catalysts as ‘inconvenient.’”
New Republic: “On January 20, 2025, conservatives plan to resurrect a 150-year-old defunct law to ban abortion across the nation. This is not a secret plan—far from it. It’s part of the 180-Day Playbook produced by Project 2025, detailing priorities for an incoming conservative president on day one. These 900 pages lay out a Christian nationalist vision of the United States, one in which married heterosexuality is the only valid form of sexual expression and identity; all pregnancies would be carried to term, even if that requires coercion or death; and transgender and gender-nonconforming people do not exist…
“The playbook says the president should enforce a 150-year-old law, the Comstock Act, which right-wing groups see as a way to ban abortion nationally because it outlaws the use of the mail for the purposes of sending or receiving any object that could be used for an abortion.”
Vance: “I’ve reviewed a lot of [Project 2025]. There are some good ideas in there.”
Axios: “[Project 2025] is undeniably a Trump-driven operation. The biggest tell: Johnny McEntee — one of Trump’s closest White House aides, and his most fervent internal loyalty enforcer — is a senior adviser to Project 2025. One of the most powerful architects is Stephen Miller, a top West Wing adviser for the Trump administration.”
New York Times: “Roberts told me that he views Heritage’s role today as ‘institutionalizing Trumpism.’ This includes leading Project 2025, a transition blueprint that outlines a plan to consolidate power in the executive branch, dismantle federal agencies and recruit and vet government employees to free the next Republican president from a system that Roberts views as stacked against conservative power. The lesson of Trump’s first year in office, Roberts told me, is that ‘the Trump administration … simply got a slow start. And Heritage and our allies in Project 2025 believe that must never be repeated.’”
REALITY CHECK: Attacks on reproductive rights, like Trump and Vance’s anti-choice Project 2025 agenda to rip away reproductive freedoms, are wildly unpopular.
USA Today: “Americans overwhelmingly oppose the next goal of many anti-abortion activists, to enact a federal law banning abortion nationwide. By 80%-14%, those surveyed opposed that idea, including 65% of Republicans and 83% of independents.”
Axios: “Record share of U.S. voters back abortion rights and will vote on it: Gallup”
NBC News: “Abortion rights have won in every election since Roe v. Wade was overturned”
Axios: “Most Americans support abortion access one year after Roe v. Wade: poll”
CNN Poll: “About two-thirds (65%) oppose the 2022 Supreme Court decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and 34% approve, numbers that have remained effectively unchanged in CNN’s polling across the nearly two years since the ruling. Those who strongly disapprove of the decision continue to outnumber those who strongly approve by a more than 2-to-1 margin.
“A 69% majority who disapprove of overturning Roe, including 82% of those who strongly disapprove, say that federal politicians should work to pass laws ensuring national abortion access.”
Axios: “There’s widespread support for letting women obtain drugs for medication abortion from their doctor or a clinic, with 72% supporting — including half of Republicans.” |
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