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Trump falsely claims Democrats support abortions "after birth." Here's a fact check.

Sep 11, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -36% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : He also says execution after birth -- it's execution, no longer abortion, because the baby is born -- is OK," Trump said.
47% : As president, Trump supported legislation that included a federal 20-week ban on abortion, with some exceptions.
46% : At a recent rally in Charlotte, Trump said Harris supports abortion "right up until birth, and even after birth.
39% : Throughout his campaign, Trump has highlighted his appointment of three conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, which led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the end of the constitutional right to abortion.
33% : Trump has a history of falsely claiming that Democrats support killing babies after birth.
29% : Trump said on Aug. 30 that he'll vote to uphold Florida's six-week abortion ban.
25% : "During the debate, Trump repeated a similar claim and referenced, at different points, the "former governor of Virginia" and the "former governor of West Virginia," who, Trump asserted, "said we put the baby aside and then we determine what we want to do with the baby.
25% : However, during the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump has told reporters he would not sign a federal ban and said each state should be able to restrict abortion as they choose.
23% : "Trump appeared to be talking about former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat and a physician, who gave a 2019 radio interview in which he discussed a hypothetical scenario in which a fetus has severe deformities or is not viable outside the womb.

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