Mike Pence calls Trump's abortion position 'a slap in the face'
Source: ABC News
April 8, 2024, 4:39 PM
Donald Trump's former vice president, Mike Pence, is calling Trump's latest statement on his abortion policies "a slap in the face to the millions of pro-life Americans who voted for him in 2016 and 2020."
"Today, too many Republican politicians are all too ready to wash their hands of the battle for life. 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," Pence wrote in a post on Monday on X, formerly Twitter.
Pence has long been to the right of the former president on the issue of reproductive rights. During his unsuccessful 2024 presidential campaign, Pence advocated for a 15-week abortion ban as a "minimum nationwide standard." In his statement on X, Pence -- like Trump has -- touted his role in the Supreme Court overruling Roe v. Wade's national protections for abortion access.
"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. Marc Short, Pence's former chief of staff, also came out with a blistering statement rebuking Trump's stance, pushing for the former president to "acknowledge life begins at conception."
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cstanleytech
(26,303 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)He screwed up the other 99%
cstanleytech
(26,303 posts)MOMFUDSKI
(5,579 posts)for any reproductive care at any time. No exceptions.
bucolic_frolic
(43,223 posts)Where do these wackos get the crazy?
eggplant
(3,911 posts)It can be found in "Hymn to Her", by The Pretenders, for example.
Let me inside you
Into your room
I've heard it's lined
With the things you don't show
Lay me beside you
Down on the floor
I've been your lover
From the womb to the tomb
I dress as your daughter
When the moon becomes round
You be my mother
When everything's gone
And she will always carry on
Something is lost
But something is found
They will keep on speaking her name
Some things change
Some stay the same
Aristus
(66,417 posts)And that no one was more surprised than Trump when he won. Now that his brand is going to put him in jail, he really wants the Presidency again, hoping it will keep him a free man. At the same time, his abysmal incompetence and runaway mouth are going to cost him the votes he needs to get re-elected.
rpannier
(24,330 posts)Laughable
But, not funny
bluestarone
(16,993 posts)Live 9 months as a Pregnant woman!
Mike Nelson
(9,961 posts)... another Mike Pence! This one must be new. There was another Mike Pence, a politician who was Donald Trump's VP. Of course, he would know about politics and liars. This abortion position is a political lie. Trump would continue to outlaw abortion, if reelected.
twodogsbarking
(9,771 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,027 posts)mzmolly
(51,001 posts)decision back to the states. Pence acting like Trump is pro-choice now is absurd.
LudwigPastorius
(9,160 posts)what was dispatching a mob to seize you and hang you in the Capitol rotunda, a wet willie?
Qutzupalotl
(14,320 posts)Personhood begins at birth.
William Seger
(10,779 posts)... is that they believe a new soul is created at conception -- a purely religious concept. But of course you are correct: A live egg is fertilized by a live sperm, continuing an unbroken chain of life stretching back a couple of billion years.
PSPS
(13,605 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,637 posts)But this wishy washy position just crosses the line for him.