JD Vance forgot to stick to the script, admits he and Donald Trump will cancel funding for planned parenthood in second term

Less than a week later try to make people believe that abortion rights are not completely threatened if he and Donald Trump win the election, J.D. Vance accidentally admitted that he and his potential boss plan to gut Planned Parenthood if voters are crazy enough to send them to the White House.

Asked over the weekend whether a second Trump administration would destroy health care, Vance speak“On the issue of defunding Planned Parenthood, look, I mean our position is we don’t think taxpayers should be funding late-term abortions. That’s the Trump campaign’s consistent stance for the first time. It will remain a consistent view.”

Despite his frequent calls for overturning constitutional rights to abortion and sending the issue back to “the states” — many of which already have extreme or blanket abortion bans — Trump still tries to persuade voters that he was somehow a moderate on reproductive rights. . (Last month, he talk to women that in a second term, “You will be protected and I will be your protector. Women will be happy, healthy, confident and free. You will no longer think about abortion.”) During the vice presidential debate against Tim Walz, Vance seemed to understand this so he decided false statement he has never supported the national abortion ban he called for in 2022. But he seemed to forget the plan when questioned about Planned Parenthood on Saturday.

Unsurprisingly, the Ohio senator’s claims about the work the nonprofit does are deeply flawed. EQUAL Jenny Lawson, the organization’s super PAC executive director, noted in a statement Sunday, “Federal funds cannot be used to provide abortion care at any point during pregnancy.” On the other hand, she notes that “the group’s health centers use federal funds to provide cancer screening, birth control, STI testing and treatment, and a variety of health care services.” other essential reproductive health” and funding cuts “will only deepen and widen the public health crisis we now suffer thanks to Donald Trump, causing more suffering and loss of life.” because of the lack of basic reproductive care.” (For late-term abortion in general, less than 1% all abortions performed in 2021 were performed at 21 weeks or more; Trump, for his part, regularly lies about Democrats’ support for abortions that occur after a baby is born, a claim too stupid to put into words.)

During Trump’s first term, his administration is introduced a rule that would have cut up to $60 million in government funding from Planned Parenthood, although the rule was tied up in court and later struck down by Joe Bidenadministration of. (A lot of damage was done anyway—because Washington Post note, “many providers have closed in anticipation of funding cuts, a situation that abortion rights advocates say has harmed reproductive health globally.”)