During the recent ABC debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Harris claimed that if “Trump were to be re-elected, he will sign a national abortion ban,” and “the freedom to make decisions about one’s own body should never be made by the government.” Trump answered that “I’m not signing a ban” and “I’m not in favor of an abortion ban” and added that because Roe v. Wade was overturned, “it doesn’t matter because this issue has now been taken up by the states.”
Harris refused to answer if she supports any abortion restrictions but has repeatedly claimed that Trump would ban abortions, including at her acceptance speech. So has her running mate, Tim Walz, even adding that reproductive choice “is none or your damn business.” But Trump has never supported an abortion ban, in the past (when he was pro-choice) or currently. He’s also made clear that he supports exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother, and in November, he will be voting against Florida’s six-week abortion ban, saying, “You need more time than six weeks.”
But what do Kamala Harris and Tim Walz really support? When anointed Democrat nominee Kamala Harris chose far-left Tim Walz as her running mate, she validated something insidious and troubling. Both have a history of supporting and even voting for abortion with no restrictions, even during the third trimester. Even more troubling is they have voted against protecting babies who survive abortions attempts.
It began in 2013, when California House Democrat Judy Chu, who considers abortion “a fundamental human right,” proposed the “Women’s Health Protection Act.” The proposed bill would ban any restrictions at any stage of the pregnancy unless there was a risk to the woman’s health. The bill had several House Democrat cosponsors, but when it made it to the Senate, it died in committee. In 2015, Chu again introduced the act, and then–Minnesota congressman Tim Walz became a co-sponsor. When the bill arrived in the Senate, it once again died in committee.
In 2017, Chu began the process again, and with Walz as a co-sponsor.........