4 misleading claims Kamala Harris made about Trump in DNC speech

By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Saturday, August 24, 2024

Abortion rights and pro-life supporters clash outside the Supreme Court on April 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court hears oral arguments today on Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States to decide if Idaho emergency rooms can provide abortions to pregnant women during an emergency using a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act to supersede a state law that criminalizes most abortions in Idaho. | Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

1. Abortion

In her remarks, Harris warned that “Trump and his allies would limit access to birth control, ban medication abortion and enact a nationwide abortion ban with or without Congress.” However, three days earlier, Trump insisted during an interview with CBS News that he had no plans to pursue such a course of action if he wins the 2024 presidential election.

Trump was asked whether he would enforce the Comstock Act, which declares that “every article or thing designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral use” is “declared to be nonmailable matter and shall not be conveyed in the mails or delivered.”

The former president responded with a “No,” adding, “We will be discussing specifics of it, but generally speaking, no.”

When asked if medication abortion should be “widely available,” Trump replied, “It’s going to be available,” stressing, “It is now.” He reiterated his view that “the federal government should have nothing to do with this issue,” referring to abortion. Trump’s comments suggest that he has no intention of signing a federal abortion ban.

Monday’s CBS News interview is not the first time Trump has expressed support for a more hands-off approach when it comes to abortion policy. Throughout the election cycle, Trump’s belief that the federal government should play no role in abortion policy has drawn the ire of pro-life advocacy groups.

“We are deeply disappointed in President Trump’s position,” stated Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser earlier this year. “Unborn children and their mothers deserve national protection and national advocacy from the brutality of the abortion industry.”

According to Dannenfelser, “Saying the issue is ‘back to the states’ cedes the national debate to the Democrats who are working relentlessly to enact legislation mandating abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy. If successful, they will wipe out states’ rights.”