In the lead-up to the first presidential debate and on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Biden campaign is putting a focus on abortion.
As part of the effort, Vice President Kamala Harris took to the campaign trail on June 24 to rally voters on the issue, saying it’s “a health care crisis,” which she blames on former President Donald Trump.
“Today, our daughters know fewer rights than their grandmothers,” Ms. Harris said at a campaign event in College Park, Maryland.
June 24 marks two years since the Supreme Court turned abortion access laws back to the states.
The vice president is expected to repeat her message at a later campaign event in Phoenix, Arizona, where a heated battle over a Civil War-era abortion ban recently ended in the law’s repeal.
The Biden campaign has increased its focus on abortion and former President Trump three days before the two presumptive nominees face off in the first presidential debate, which CNN will host in Atlanta.
In an emailed statement, Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Biden campaign and Democrats are misleading voters on former President Trump’s abortion stance in an attempt to scare them.
“The truth is that the Dobbs Decision returned the power back to the people in every respective state to make decisions on the issue of abortion,” Ms. Leavitt told The Epoch Times.
“Some states will be more conservative, and some will be more liberal—but as President Trump has consistently stated—he supports the rights of individuals to determine their laws.”
Democrats have been open about their intention to highlight abortion and other reproductive issues to drive their voters to the polls in November.
Former President Trump has often touted his role in nominating three of the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe.
He told attendees at a June 22 event that he had achieved “what the pro-life movement fought to get for 49 years” in securing Roe’s reversal.
But while he has espoused pro-life views in the past, the 45th president has recently criticized other Republicans for holding an absolutist stance on abortion that excludes exceptions for situations involving rape or incest. He also said in April that he would not support a federal abortion ban, holding that the procedure’s legality should be left to the states to decide.
That position has created some friction within the candidate’s Republican base, of which pro-life, evangelical Christians are a key component.
Still, it appears that friction is less of a concern to some pro-life groups.
In celebrating the anniversary of the end of Roe, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said another four years under the current abortion-friendly administration is simply not an option.
