I knew I wanted President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to tackle the abortion issue in Thursday night’s presidential debate. I expected both of them to have better answers.

Instead, both of them left me disappointed for different reasons. Biden struggled to come up with coherent answers; Trump spread dangerous falsehoods. Both left me worried about the state of abortion – and the nation – come November.

Most shockingly, Trump declared abortions were happening "after birth" – something that simply can’t happen.

To be clear, abortions are procedures that terminate pregnancies – not what Trump is describing, which is murder.

Roe v. Wade, which was overturned two years ago this week, protected abortion until viability. Most fetuses are viable around 23 to 24 weeks. Less than 1% of abortions........

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