Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R), former President Trump’s working mate, on Sunday did not say the place sufferers would go for well being screenings, check-ups and extra if Deliberate Parenthood is defunded.
Throughout an look on Fox Information Sunday, host Shannon Bream requested Vance the place sufferers of Deliberate Parenthood would go for varied well being providers, equivalent to most cancers screenings, contraception and different medicine.
Nonetheless, Vance centered on federal funding for abortion.
“What we said is we don’t want taxpayer funding for abortions, and that, of course, has been a bipartisan approach over 40 years in this country, until, frankly, Kamala Harris came along,” Vance replied.
The majority of Deliberate Parenthood’s federal funding comes from Medicaid reimbursements.
Vance famous Sunday that whereas Deliberate Parenthood “does a lot of things that a lot of young women, a lot of young families need,” he stood agency that he “doesn’t believe in taxpayer funding for abortions.”
“That’s been the policy, not just to the Republican Party, by the way, but even a lot of Democrats who are pro-choice, who want right wide access to abortion, will say, ‘we don’t think taxpayers should be funding this stuff.’ And that, again, that bipartisan consensus is something President Trump very much supports,” Vance mentioned.
Earlier this month, Vance advised {that a} second Trump administration would once more search to defund Deliberate Parenthood if it continues to offer late-term abortions.
Vance’s remarks appeared to focus on late-term abortions, which typically refers to abortions carried out within the third time period of being pregnant. Nonetheless, such procedures are uncommon and virtually all the time because of a medical emergency.
Moreover, beneath the Hyde Modification, federal funds are prohibited from going in direction of abortion providers, although exceptions are included for rape, incest and to avoid wasting the lifetime of the mom.
Jenny Lawson, government director of Deliberate Parenthood Votes, final week mentioned defunding Deliberate Parenthood would rob thousands and thousands of individuals throughout the nation of important, reasonably priced care,” and would impression non-abortion providers, like “cancer screenings, birth control, STI testing and treatment, and many other essential reproductive health care services.”
