Fact Check: Biden Says ‘a Vote for Trump Is a Vote for a National Abortion Ban’Elizabeth Weibel 24 Jun 2024
CLAIM: President Joe Biden is claiming that voting for former President Donald Trump equals “a vote for a national abortion ban.”
VERDICT: False.
Trump stated in April that the issue of abortion is about “the will of the people” and is an issue that should be left for the states to decide. In April, the former president posted a video to Truth Social, announcing his stance on abortion.
“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide, must be the law of the land,” Trump said in the video.
Trump added in the video that states would pass different forms of legislation regarding the “number of weeks” until abortion was prohibited:
Many states will be different, many will have a different number of weeks, or some will have more conservative than others and that’s what they will be. At the end of the day, this is all about the will of the people. You must follow your heart, or in many cases, your religion or your faith.
Despite this, Biden wrote in a post on X on Monday night that “a vote for Trump is a vote for a national abortion ban.”
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1805379628955046100more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/06/24/fact-check-biden-vote-trump-vote-national-abortion-ban/
