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Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized former President Donald Trump over his abortion stance, accusing his former boss of “retreating” from the anti-abortion movement.
Pence in an opinion essay in the New York Times published Saturday said his role in overturning Roe v. Wade was an accomplishment he was “perhaps most proud” of during his time as vice president. The Trump administration appointed three justices to the Supreme Court who rejected the landmark decision that previously guaranteed the right to an abortion from coast to coast.
But Pence in his op-ed alleged that Trump was no longer committed to the cause. Trump earlier this month said that abortion restrictions should be left to individual states and avoided the topic of a national abortion ban, prompting criticism from both the left and the right.
Democrats have accused Trump of simply trying to court more moderate voters, and many right-wing Republicans have called for nationwide abortion restrictions.
‘Betrayed’: Mike Pence says he’s ‘deeply disappointed’ in Donald Trump over abortion stance 2024
Pence, who has long supported an abortion ban after 15 weeks, said he was “deeply disappointed” with Trump’s statement.
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“Now, not only is Mr. Trump retreating from that position; he is leading other Republicans astray,” Pence wrote, adding that other Republican leaders have and could follow Trump’s lead. The former vice president also accused Trump of betraying anti-abortion causes.
Pence said that in office, Trump was very committed to restricting abortion access, saying he “strongly supported” efforts to end abortions later in pregnancy nationwide.
It’s a similar refrain to Democrats, who say Trump’s recent statements are meaningless because of his history of backing state abortion bans and his role in appointing the Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade.
“While the former president has sounded the retreat on life at the national level, I pray that he will rediscover the passion for life that defined our four years in office,” wrote Pence.
Betrayal in Abortion Stance: A Disappointment for Mike Pence
Introduction
This essay examines Mike Pence’s changing stance on abortion. It calls him out on his failure to follow his own preferred tactic to prevent abortion in the US. The essay questions his real motives and asks if he is simply obsessed with dominance of women and imposing limits on their reproductive rights. It is shown in this essay that his actions do not align with his statements to the public on what he believes is the most effective way to limit and recriminalize abortion.
His statements themselves are often contradictory and his actual policy progression on the issue has been inconsistent. He has called himself a “Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order” and generally been seen as a hard line social conservative. He has advocated a wide range of anti-abortion beliefs and legislation, to the point of attempting to defund Planned Parenthood, despite knowing that this would increase the rate of unwanted pregnancies and therefore increase the need for abortion.
He has throughout his career, attempting to place as many limits and restrictions on abortion as possible, only ever so slightly altering this tactic very recently in the case of justifying Trump’s offer to pardon HC workers on Iraq if they return to the US.