JD Vance in Politico.com

On Abortion: As pro-life as anyone, but supports abortion pills

Most GOP delegates [at the Republican Convention] are fine with abortion not taking center stage, saying they have little interest in divisive social issues that could damage the nominee. While abortion-rights groups stage press conferences outside the convention and attempt to use GOP vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance's past statements to bring abortion back into the political spotlight, the GOP is choosing not to engage.

Vance, who last year described himself "as pro life as anyone," didn't mention, or allude to, abortion in his [GOP Convention] address.

Some social conservatives were hopeful that Vance, who has in the past equated abortion to murder, would nudge Trump to the right on the issue. Instead, Vance has alarmed anti-abortion advocates by voicing support for mifepristone, the widely used abortion pill. They fear that Vance's brand of "New Right'' conservatism, which they hoped would give them a seat again at the GOP table, is falling prey to electoral calculations.

Source: Politico.com on 2024 Presidential hopefuls Jul 18, 2024

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