The GOP has a problem with women voters — and two men on the presidential ticket
Vance, a political newcomer, is a staunch defender of Trump and has strongly backed conservative policies to restrict abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, as well as blocked Democrat-led efforts on gun control and environmental protections. He has also criticized Democrats who do not have children, arguing that they are deficient political leaders.
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A Trump-Vance administration would be ‘the most dangerous’ for abortion rights, say advocates
In 2021, while running for Ohio senate, Vance told an Ohio news outlet that he did not support rape and incest exceptions in abortion bans. “It’s not whether a woman should be forced to bring a child to term,” he said. “It’s whether a child should be allowed to live, even though the circumstances of that child’s birth are somehow inconvenient or a problem to the society.”
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Where JD Vance stands on abortion, based on 6 of his statements
Trump’s running mate once expressed support for a national abortion limit, but as the VP announcement approached, he emphasized that states can make their own policies.
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“Shift spouses like they change their underwear”: J.D. Vance decried divorce — but now loves Trump
While he was carefully gender-neutral in his 2021 comments, the larger context suggests Vance’s grievance is with women. No-fault divorce is the result of years of feminist organizing. Women initiate 70% of divorces. And while there are certainly male victims of domestic abuse, the vast majority of people who need to escape violent marriages are women. Vance can play all the word games he likes, but when he’s deriding “people” for not having good enough reasons for ending marriages, there’s little doubt it’s women he’s mostly thinking of. It’s usually women who are being chastised in these right-wing laments about divorce.
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Experts warn JD Vance and Trump are “most dangerous” threat to reproductive rights in US history
“If the Republican Party’s plan to come after our reproductive rights wasn’t clear enough, look no further than Trump’s VP pick, JD Vance,” Jenny Lawson, executive director for Planned Parenthood Votes, said in a media statement. “From supporting a national abortion ban, to voting to block nationwide access to IVF, Vance has consistently attacked and undermined reproductive freedom throughout his career — and he will take that dangerous record to the White House, cosigning every policy that comes his way, no matter the harm.”
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