Candidates including former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley also spread misinformation about abortion care later in pregnancy.
only that he would "stand on the side of life" and did not respond directly, while Haley claimed Americans can find "consensus" on a number of other pro-forced pregnancy measures, argued a broad ban is unlikely to get through Congress, and did not say whether she would sign it if passed.
Haley, said Planned Parenthood Votes, has recently made clear that she would in fact sign a federal abortion ban if it passed in Congress.reporters, "Yes, of course I would sign" the legislation when asked about it. As governor of South Carolina, she also signed an abortion ban that included no exceptions for survivors of rape or incest.
"Voters know that every GOP candidate running for president would sign a national abortion ban if given the opportunity," Shwetika Baijal, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Votes, said in a statement. "Some, like Mike Pence, are proudly boasting about their plan to ban abortion nationwide. Because they know banning abortion is unpopular, others are trying to hide their true agenda and downplay their goals to restrict access to abortion however they can.
Haley repeated the nonmedical term "late-term abortion" and suggested that banning abortions later in pregnancy is a reasonable, broadly popular alternative to a nationwide abortion ban. Abortions after about 21 weeks of pregnancy make up about 1% of abortions and are most often sought by people who face
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