Neil Mandsager, M.D.
The Centers for Disease Control reports that 93.5% of all abortions in 2021 took place at ≤13 weeks gestation, 5.7% were performed at 14–20 weeks gestation, and 0.9% were performed at ≥21 weeks gestation.
Importantly, what is the Biden and Trump position on abortion?
On Monday, Donald Trump said:
“In video posted Monday morning, Trump explicitly affirmed his support for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and he emphasized his support for states determining their own laws for abortion so long as there are exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother.
The states will determine by vote, or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land – in this case, the law of the state,” Trump said. Many states will be different. Many states will have a different number of weeks…at the end of the day it is all about the will of the people.”
It is key that most pro and anti-abortion positions hail the exception for rape, incest, or when a mother’s life is at risk.
If one agrees with the Supreme Court that under the 10th Amendment of the Constitution abortion is a states’ rights issues, then you agree with Trump’s position that abortion policy should be decided at the state level.
Per FindLaw: “The Tenth Amendment was intended to confirm the understanding of the people at the time the Constitution was adopted, that powers not granted to the United States were reserved to the States or to the people. It added nothing to the instrument as originally ratified.” The power to allow abortion was not granted to the United States government.
What is Biden’s stance on abortion?
Shortly after the Supreme Court issued its 1973 Roe decision on Roe v. Wade in 1973, then-senator Joe Biden said in an interview he disagreed with the ruling. Over five decades Biden’s stance has moved to support abortion rights.
Abortion is one of those issues, like the death penalty, that should be left in the hands of the states to decide. Abortion took center stage for the democrats in 2020 and halted a Red wave. Will the passion for reinstituting a national ban on abortion be less than in 2020,? Not if the Dems can again whip enough fear of Trump’s abortion position to overshadow the issues that affect the viability of our democracy, a democracy that affects not one or a few but all.
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