President Joe Biden recently harshly criticized former President Donald Trump regarding the “shocking” abortion comments, in which he said states should be allowed to prosecute women and refused to commit to vetoing extreme laws banning abortion nationally — or even a law granting “full legal rights” to embryos at conception via Mediaite.
Folks, did you hear what Donald Trump just said to TIME Magazine?
It’s shocking!
After bragging about overturning Roe and saying women should be punished for accessing reproductive healthcare, he said states should be able to prosecute women, and appears perfectly fine with signing a national ban that would take away IVF access.
There seems to be no limit to how invasive Trump would let the state be.
This should be a decision between a woman and her doctor, and the government should get out of people’s lives.
The video comes after the Biden-Harris campaign pushed the issue hard on Tuesday, releasing a memo that included this collection of quotes from the Time transcript:
- On if he’s comfortable prosecuting women who have an abortion: “I don’t have to be comfortable or uncomfortable.”
- On vetoing a national abortion ban that could rip away access to IVF: “I don’t have to do anything about vetoes”
- On his allies’ plan to ban abortion medication: “Well, I have an opinion on that, but I’m not going to explain.”
- On red states monitoring women’s pregnancies: “I think they might do that.”
- On whether his DOJ would enforce the Comstock Act: “I will be making a statement on that over the next 14 days.” [He did not make a statement]
- On how he’ll vote on Florida’s ballot measure protecting abortion access: “I don’t tell you what I’m gonna vote for.
