Fact check: Trump, Harris spar over abortion rights and Obamacare in their first face-off

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : As our PolitiFact partners noted, Harris often directly addressed Trump while answering the moderators' questions.
48% : Trump: "But the governor before, he said, 'The baby will be born, and we will decide what to do with the baby.'
45% : He claimed during the debate that he "saved" the ACA by issuing regulations aimed at lowering insurance premiums.Harris' previous support for "Medicare for All," a proposal to replace private health insurance with a government-run health system, drew questions from the moderators and attacks by Trump.
45% : Abortion was a clear flash point.
43% : However, Medicare for All failed to advance to a vote in the Senate.
37% : Harris brought up Project 2025, a policy blueprint created by the conservative Heritage Foundation from which Trump has sought to distance himself.
35% : Trump mostly stared straight ahead.
34% : Our PolitiFact partners fact-checked the debate in real time on a live blog, with more coverage here, as Harris and Trump clashed on the economy, immigration, and abortion.
34% : During 2016, Trump campaigned on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.
33% : Harris once co-sponsored a bill to expand Medicare to Americans of all ages, but she does not currently support this proposal.
31% : Trump said that as president he would never face the question of signing a national abortion ban because the issue is now being settled in states.
31% : After her 2020 candidacy ended, Harris focused instead on bolstering the ACA as opposed to pushing for Medicare for All.
28% : "Trump also resurfaced claims - repeatedly judged false by PolitiFact and other fact-checking organizations - that Democrats support abortions up to the moment of birth and the "execution" of babies after birth.
23% : Trump initially referenced a West Virginia governor.
23% : Trump puts words in the then-governor's mouth, saying doctors would urge the mother to let them forcibly kill the newborn, which is a felony in Virginia (and all other states) punishable by a long prison sentence or death.
20% : "Trump has promised an Obamacare replacement since he was on the campaign trail in 2015.
18% : The moderators questioned Trump about whether he would attempt to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare - the health insurance program he pledged and failed to repeal and replace during his previous administration.

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