Anti-abortion Catholics breaking with JD Vance over abortion pill comment
By
Gabrielle M. Etzel
July 26, 2024 5:00 am
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Catholic social conservatives are calling on Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) to clarify his statements about access to the abortion pill, mifepristone, saying that his latest stance runs contrary to his Catholic faith.
Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, has made opposition to abortion a central part of his public identity and voting record in the Senate, but many social conservatives see his move toward the middle on abortion as a compromise borne of his desire to align himself with President Donald Trump for the general election.
While many of his conservative Catholic allies are willing to give Vance the benefit of the doubt if he moderates his anti-abortion positioning as a pragmatic matter, some think that he has crossed a line with his comments expressing approval of the abortion pill, considering that nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. in 2023 involved mifepristone.
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