Trump Touts State Abortion Laws as 6-Week Ban Takes Effect in Iowa
By: Tessa Stuart
how many times have we heard that women's bodily autonomy won't be an issue in 2024, and now this...
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Donald Trump said Sunday that letting states craft their own abortion bans — thanks to a ruling by his conservative Supreme Court appointees — is "going to work out incredibly well."
As of Monday, abortion is now almost entirely banned in 18 states, now that Iowa's six-week ban on abortions took effect, all but totally cutting off access to the procedure in the state.
The ban, which originally passed in 2023, was approved by the Iowa legislature amid large protests. The legislation bans the termination of a pregnancy after the detection of a "detectable fetal heartbeat," a controversial standard medical experts say conflates early electrical signals generated by the fetus with the existence of a functioning heart and cardiovascular system. Many people have no idea they are pregnant at six weeks.
Iowa becomes the 22nd state to enact restrictions on the availability of abortion care since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. This election cycle, at least five states — including Nevada, Florida, and Maryland — will have initiatives seeking to codify the right to abortion into state constitutions on their November ballots. Several other states, including the key swing states of Arizona, are in the process of approving ballot language.
For over a year, Iowa's ban was stalled after it was challenged by reproductive health advocates. The Iowa Supreme Court issued a 4-3 ruling last month allowing it to proceed.
"This morning, more than 1.5 million women in Iowa woke up with fewer rights than they had last night because of another Trump Abortion Ban," Vice President Kamala Harris wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday. "In November, we will stop Trump's extreme abortion bans at the ballot box."
In a separate post, Harris noted that one in three American women now live in a state with a highly restrictive "Trump abortion ban." She vowed, "When I am president of the United States, I will sign into law protections for reproductive freedoms."
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's campaign declared Monday the beginning of a weeklong Fight for Reproductive Freedom action blitz.
Democratic National Committee spokesperson Aida Ross said in a statement, "Anti-choice extremists like Donald Trump and J.D. Vance are the reason why cruel abortion bans are ripping away women's rights across the country — including the draconian ban going into effect in Iowa today."
At a campaign rally in Minnesota on Sunday, Trump argued that on abortion, Democrats are "the radical ones, whereas our position is that abortion is now back to the states." He falsely claimed: "Everybody wanted it back in the states — Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives and legal scholars, every legal scholar wanted it back in the states."
Trump specifically thanked the conservatives on the Supreme Court for overturning Roe — a decision made possible after he appointed three justices to the court, creating a 6-3 conservative supermajority.
"I want to thank the six Supreme Court justices — Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett — for the wisdom and courage they showed on this long-term, very contentious issue. But getting it back to the states puts the question where it belongs with the vote of the people. Over time, it's going to work out incredibly well. An issue that was tearing our country apart for years and years is coming to an end, and people are coming together. It's going to be the vote of the people, and it's a state vote. It's the way it was supposed to be. It should have never been in the federal government."
As Rolling Stone has reported, Trump wants to campaign this election cycle as a "moderate" on abortion — despite his efforts to overturn Roe. While he flirted with endorsing a national abortion ban, he has since argued that the decision should be left to the states — and his Republican National Committee policy platform reflects this position. On the other hand, the platform also opens the door to establishing the notion of fetal personhood.
Amid the disastrous first few days that Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) has had as Trump's running mate, his own stance on abortion has already landed him in hot water.
Vance has argued that abortion should be "illegal nationally" — because otherwise, patients can travel to other states for the procedure. In 2022, he predicted that if Ohio were to ban abortion, "every day, George Soros sends a 747 to Columbus to load up disproportionately Black women to get them to go have abortions in California. And of course, the left will celebrate this as a victory for diversity."
"Vance himself has made it clear that he wants abortion 'illegal nationally' while attacking exceptions for rape and incest," said Ross, the DNC spokesperson. "These extreme bans are as horrifying as they are unpopular, and the American people are ready to stop the Trump-Vance ticket's all-out assault on our basic rights this November."
The VP hopeful previously defended his own state's six-week abortion ban as a "good piece of legislation" before it was blocked, and he backed a similar ban in Texas that included no exceptions for instances of rape and incest.
On top of supporting forcing women to give birth, Vance has made clear his belief that non-parents should be relegated to second-class citizenship. Vance has advocated for giving the parents of children additional votes in elections, saying in a 2021 speech that the nation should "give votes to all children in this country but let's give control over those votes to the parents of those children."
"When you go to the polls in this country as a parent, you should have more power," Vance added. "You should have more of an ability to speak your voice in our democratic republic than people who don't have kids. Let's face the consequences and the reality: if you don't have as much of an investment in the future of this country, maybe you shouldn't get nearly the same voice."
As Republicans continue to assault Americans' access to reproductive freedom, the residents in states facing the vice of restrictions are going elsewhere to obtain legal medical assistance. More than 4,000 abortions were performed in Iowa last year; patients are now scrambling to find care in neighboring states.
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heh, thanks moron!
What do you expect, he has very very few accomplishments to truthfully tout.
yeah he does, name one that isn't self serving...
Well, he personally would never get an abortion for himself.....?????
his daddy and him probably paid for a few. trump needs the thumper vote. in maga nirvana, abortions will only be available for the wealthy and connected, to avoid a lot of embarrassing questions and explanations...
... probably quite a few STD treatments as well, that he blamed on his partners.
He's trying to keep it secret, but I think he's actually one of those " Childless Cat ladies" in disguise!
(Those kids aren't real-- they are actually holograms created by AI!
He needs to fork over money for better AI then. The job that the AI does on his hair is ludicrous...
... a testament to the holding power of aqua net, the trump hair hat.
My daughter has to get up early to go to work because it takes her about 2 hours for hair and makeup. While Trump's makeup looks like it is sprayed on and not carefully applied, that hair must take at least 2 hours on its own. No wonder he takes to wearing his MAGA hats so often.
looks like his face is all that will fit in the toilet...
the ex used to interrupt my rem sleep monday thru friday at 5am with 2 hours in the paint and bodyshop, along with a fashion show, to go to a job where she didn't interact with anyone but 2 women coworkers 20 years her senior.
my daughter has a 60 minute process, but her dog duties take up another hour or more. she has to interact with multiple people as an executive in the construction industry.
Too bad he never got treated for syphilis - I think that's part of what's rotting what passes for that fucking moron's brain.
Fuckin' hypocrite. How many abortions did he pay for? Hell he is an abortion!
uh oh, time for him to get the checkbook out, again...
All the more reason to vote for Harris who supports reproductive rights. Roevember is coming.
it's always nice when the condemned put on their own noose ...
I was going to publish this in your group, but mine have been turning into valentines day lately...
Feel free to publish it there if you want. It's all good.
thanks gordy!
I like that.
I wonder if the Democrats might now flip Iowa.
It has gone Democratic before. Obama in 2012 and a number of times before that.
Depends on how upset they get over a 6 week abortion ban.
Depends on how upset they get over a 6 week abortion ban.
Traditionally "Conservatives" oppose government interfering in their lives. So occasionally even red states vote against government abortion bans.
Here's an example I remember as it happened to come so soon shortly after overturn of Roe v Wade:
Kansas was the first state to vote on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson's Women's Health Organization.
Voters in Kansas rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have said there was no right to an abortion in the state, according to The Associated Press.
Kansas For Constitutional Freedom, the main abortion rights group opposing the amendment, called the victory "huge and decisive." ( Read it all)
loss of the right to bodily autonomy by women is also a loser in red states. maga thumpers can't cite one government regulation that dictates men's bodily autonomy.
I bet men would have become hysterical if vasectomies were outlawed
Or outlaw viagra (and equivalent).
exactly! Don't some Christians believe that sex must be about procreation? I know the RCC does
The 'right' want to outlaw recreational sex and of course all forms of contraception.
And probably masturbation. What will teenage boys do with themselves?
or should I say outlaw sex for pleasure? recreational sounds off
Ever see Vacation with Chevy Chase?
What will they do if they can't 'bop their baloney' - lol
Mike Johnson and his son have some app they use to oversee each others' porn usage. WTF. How creepy. Also, why the need to share such freaky shit?
Because they're freaky, creepy, shit heads
maybe he's being groomed to be an evangelical leader...
Wonder how many dead hookers are in his closet.
I'd bet money his wife stripped her way thru college and he met her in a club ...
There's some real freaky shit going on with that bimbo also, wouldn't be surprised!
Don't like the laws where you live, then move.
Nothing is stopping anyone from the US from changing states; or for that matter leaving the US all together.
There are more than enough illegal immigrants coming to replace anyone leaving.
Or better yet, challenge stupid and uneceslaws like abortion restrictions/bans. That's an option too.
sounds like great advice for those that may have difficulty accepting the results of free and fair elections too. I recommend a region where they can easily conquer, enslave women and minorities, kill muslims, and prepare to convert jews to xtianity...
So when pro-choicers overturn these stupid abortion ban laws in all 50 states the authoritarian anti-choicers can move to Somalia.
Or if you are wealthy fly 1st, class to Paris for an abortion, stay at the Ritz, do some haute couture shopping on the Champs Élysées and dine at Le Train Bleu washing the yummies down with a bottle of 2015 Liber Pater.
That's the advice I give to all those screaming about how "Democrats have fucked up the country". Don't like it, go.
I just don't think moving is that easy. One must find a job in a more preferable state, then once the job is procured, then a home must be found. Moving costs money. Big money.
The idea that Americans need to uproot their life and move far away in order to have basic rights over their body is absurd.
I'm thinking a gated community, with a lot of marble work, that's relatively cheap and close by.
more like fucking beat it maga, and do let the door hit you on the ass on your way out, and don't come back...
There are states that ban abortion in state--- that make it a crime to have an abortion even if its outside their state in a state where its legal!
IIRC even if a person merely assists a woman in traveling to another state for the purpose of having an abortion (travel to a state where it is legal) the person who assists her traveling is subject to fine and imprisonment.
time to start building churches with reinforced concrete walls and roofs...
I thought the RNC banned any discussion of abortion to their unheard-unseen-unspoken-utopia.
That doesn't sound like a prediction, just another made up hysterical lie from one of the Donalds
and of course another flat punchline that defies logic or humor.
Apparently JD's "first" birth certificate reads James Donald Bowman,
Later when his mother remarried for the third time his name was changed to James David Hamel through adoption,
and changed his birth certificate also. ( The name Donald was verboten in Mrs. Hamels presence. )
JD Hamel as he was known throughout High School, The Marine Corps, and Yale Law School.
What did he need to come clean on?
his real dad was his uncle too?
The name Donald was verboten in Mrs. Hamels presence.
She’s probably pissed now.
Remember ROEVEMBER!!!