{"id":1036157,"date":"2024-06-20T18:01:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T18:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1036157"},"modified":"2024-06-20T18:01:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T18:01:26","slug":"trumps-maga-veepstakes-vp-contender-tim-scott-supports-the-most-extreme-national-abortion-ban-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-maga-veepstakes-vp-contender-tim-scott-supports-the-most-extreme-national-abortion-ban-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s MAGA Veepstakes: VP Contender Tim Scott Supports the Most Extreme National Abortion Ban Possible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ahead of Tim Scott\u2019s appearance at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., <\/em>DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust like Donald Trump, VP contender Tim Scott is an anti-choice extremist who wants to ban abortion nationwide. Scott thinks Trump is \u2018right\u2019 on endorsing cruel abortion bans across the country, has repeatedly co-sponsored national abortion bans, and voted against protecting access to IVF and contraception. Trump and Scott\u2019s dangerous and deeply unpopular agenda to rip away women\u2019s freedoms will not stand with voters, who will once reject their cruel anti-choice agenda this November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Scott repeatedly co-sponsored national abortion bans \u2014 including legislation that could rip away IVF access and threaten doctors with jail time \u2014 and vowed to support the most extreme national abortion ban possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress.gov<\/a>: S.2464 \u2013 Life at Conception Act Of 2016, 114th Congress, 1\/21\/16 [Tim Scott, co-sponsor]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress.gov<\/a>: S.231 \u2013 Life at Conception Act Of 2017, 115th Congress, 1\/24\/17 [Tim Scott, original co-sponsor]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress.gov<\/a>: S.159 \u2013 Life at Conception Act Of 2019, 116th Congress, 1\/16\/19 [Tim Scott, original co-sponsor]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress.gov<\/a>: S.99 \u2013 Life at Conception Act Of 2021, 117th Congress, 1\/28\/21 [Tim Scott, original co-sponsor]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress.gov<\/a>: S.3275 \u2013 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Of 2020, 116th Congress, 2\/11\/20 [Tim Scott, original co-sponsor]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PolitiFact<\/a>: \u201c45 Republicans in the U.S. Senate sponsored or co-sponsored the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, that would impose a prison sentence of up to five years [on doctors who violate the act].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott<\/a>: \u201cIf I were president of the United States, I would literally sign the most conservative pro-life legislation that they can get through Congress.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott<\/a>: \u201cI am 100% pro-life. When I am president of the United States, I will sign the most pro-life legislation the House and Senate can put on my desk. We should begin with a 15-week national limit.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott<\/a> on whether he would sign Lindsey Graham\u2019s 15-week ban: \u201cEvery day, I would sign that bill into law. I would sign the most conservative pro-life legislation you can bring to my desk.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Scott<\/a>: \u201cWe have to have a federal limit on how far we can go, and that is something that we have to discuss.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott said Donald Trump is \u201cright\u201d on abortion when he overturned <\/strong>Roe<\/em><\/strong> and paved the way for extreme abortion bans across the country\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott<\/a>: \u201cPresident Trump has got the issue right.<\/strong> It is a state issue, it belongs to the states.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026and praised South Carolina\u2019s cruel law that bans abortion before many women know they\u2019re pregnant and threatens doctors and nurses with jail time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott<\/a>: \u201cThe state is trying to protect the culture of life and that’s good news.<\/strong> I mean, the heartbeat bill is a step in the direction of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cSouth Carolina\u2019s new all-male highest court reverses course on abortion, upholding strict 6-week ban\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMINDER: Trump said he\u2019d sign a national abortion ban if elected to a second term and is \u2018proudly\u2019 the reason millions of women live under cruel abortion bans today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump says he will support national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cTrump Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide: Report\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cThere of course remains a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life. And it\u2019s very important.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cTrump Claims Credit for All Abortion Bans\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cI was proudly the person responsible for the ending of \u2026 <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cWe broke <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong> and we did something that nobody thought was possible. We gave it back to the states, and the states are working very brilliantly \u2026 But they\u2019re working, and it\u2019s working the way it\u2019s supposed to.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cFor 54 years they were trying to get <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong> terminated, and I did it, and I\u2019m proud to have done it. \u2026 Nobody else was going to get that done but me<\/strong>, and we did it, and we did something that was a miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cAfter 50 years of failure, with nobody coming even close, I was able to kill <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong>, much to the \u2018shock\u2019 of everyone \u2026 Without me there would be no 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 15 weeks, or whatever is finally agreed to.<\/strong> Without me the pro Life movement would have just kept losing. Thank you President TRUMP!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cTrump Says He\u2019s \u2018Proud\u2019 to Have \u2018Terminated\u2019 Abortion Rights\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump and MAGA Republicans\u2019 anti-choice agenda is wildly unpopular with the American people. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA Today<\/a>: \u201cAmericans overwhelmingly oppose the next goal of many anti-abortion activists, to enact a federal law banning abortion nationwide. By 80%-14%, those surveyed opposed that idea, including 65% of Republicans and 83% of independents.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cMost Americans support abortion access one year after Roe v. Wade: poll\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cA 64% majority of US adults say they disapprove of last year\u2019s Supreme Court ruling that women do not have a constitutional right to an abortion, with half strongly disapproving \u2013 an assessment that\u2019s almost entirely unchanged from CNN\u2019s poll last July in the immediate wake of the decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cAmericans continue to support IVF and abortion access\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe vast majority of registered voters, 80 percent, think IVF should be legal.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navigator Research<\/a>: \u201cLarge majorities say reproductive care like birth control pills and IVF should be made easier to access, including majorities of Republicans.<\/strong> \u2026 Americans across party lines also say access to fertility planning like IVF should be easier to access, including 72 percent of Democrats, 59 percent of independents, and 53 percent of Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahead of Tim Scott\u2019s appearance at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement:  \u201cJust like Donald Trump, VP contender Tim Scott is an anti-choice extremist who wants to ban abortion nationwide. 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