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Can he be the spokesman we need for the unborn?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By: Aubrey Gulick, originally published July 17, 2024, The American Spectator<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve seen JD Vance in person just once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was from about 200 yards away during a pro-life rally on the steps of the Ohio state capitol. He didn\u2019t speak for long, but that event solidified him as a pro-life politician in my mind. (READ MORE: On JD Vance and His Critics<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve always kinda liked Vance. The rags-to-riches story is attractive for a politician, and no one can deny that the guy is smart. I\u2019m not too concerned about his position on the war in Ukraine or tax policy \u2014 there are many political issues on which reasonable and well-meaning people can disagree, and I\u2019m willing to hear the arguments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are, however, a couple of issues about which reasonable people cannot disagree \u2014 issues that are so black and white that, if you stray from the white, I won\u2019t be able to vote for you in good conscience. Abortion is one of those issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance has spoken openly and bluntly about abortion, and he doesn\u2019t mince words. In 2022, he said<\/a> that he would support a 15-week nationwide abortion ban when Sen. Lindsey Graham proposed a bill to do so. During an interview the previous year, Vance had even come out against exceptions for rape or incest, which so many well-meaning Republicans get behind. \u201cI think two wrongs don\u2019t make a right,\u201d he told Spectrum News 1<\/a> in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Ohio passed a constitutional amendment protecting abortion in the state, Vance released a statement on X that concluded<\/a>, \u201cThere is something sociopathic about a political movement that tells young women (and men) that it is liberating to murder their own children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most importantly, Vance has consistently voted pro-life<\/a>, so much so, in fact, that the Susan B. Anthony List gave him an A+ rating. (READ MORE: The Democrats\u2019 Panic Reveals Vance\u2019s Strength<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great. We have a pro-life vice presidential candidate. Right? Well. Maybe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, Vance gave an interview to ABC\u2019s Meet the Press<\/em><\/a> during which host Kristen Welker grilled him on Project 2025 and the recent U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with mifepristone, the drug frequently used to end unborn children\u2019s lives. First, he made this seemingly ill-informed comment: \u201cThe Supreme Court made a decision saying that the American people should have access to that medication [mifepristone], Donald Trump has supported that opinion, I support that opinion. I think it is important to say that we actually have to have an important conversation in this country about what our abortion policy should be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It should be noted that in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine<\/em>, the court did not conclude that mifepristone should be widely accessible. It merely concluded that the Texas doctors didn\u2019t have sufficient legal standing to make the argument they were making. Whether mifepristone should be widely accessible is still up for debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then Welker pressed him on it and asked if he supported \u201cmifepristone being accessible.\u201d Vance replied: \u201cYes, Kristen, I do,\u201d before redirecting the conversation to Project 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve talked about<\/a> mifepristone before. It\u2019s an abortive drug that effectively starves the unborn child of nutrients in his mother\u2019s womb. It\u2019s an absolutely horrific way to die, and it\u2019s unconscionable to argue that doctors should be allowed to prescribe it under any conditions. (Yes, I know, I\u2019m radical. But this is a human life and an eternal soul we\u2019re talking about.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a possibility that Vance didn\u2019t intend to endorse chemical abortion. I understand that thoughts can get addled during a hostile interview, and Welker was certainly hostile. There\u2019s a \u201cgotcha\u201d element to the question, and Vance may have just fallen for it. Pro-life groups, including CatholicVote, are giving him the pass on this one and are still lining up behind the Trump\u2013Vance ticket, especially given Vance\u2019s stellar record up to this point. (WATCH: The Spectator P.M. Podcast<\/em> Ep. 59: The Republican Platform Draft Is No Good on Abortion<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That being said, Vance is now the vice presidential candidate for a party that has signaled it wants<\/a> to turn its back on the pro-life agenda because it isn\u2019t voter-friendly. It\u2019s a strategic shift, they claim. Voters don\u2019t want a radical pro-life agenda, so Republicans aren\u2019t going to give it to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really hope that Vance hasn\u2019t shifted his position to more closely align with his wishy-washy party colleagues. I hope the ABC interview was a fluke. Perhaps it was, although the fact that Vance has not disavowed his comments and has deleted pro-life sections of his Senate campaign website<\/a> seems to suggest that it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of all, I hope and pray that if and when Trump<\/a> and Vance make it to the Oval Office, they will turn back and be the spokesmen we need on behalf of the unborn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aubrey Gulick is a graduate of Hillsdale College (2023), the former Intercollegiate Studies Institute fellow at The American Spectator, and its current digital editor.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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