Vance: Trump Admin Will Defund Planned Parenthood

The Washington Post reports:

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), former president Donald Trump’s running mate, said that Trump, if elected, would seek to end federal money for Planned Parenthood. “We don’t think that taxpayers should fund late-term abortions,” Vance told RealClearPolitics on Saturday night. “That has been a consistent view of the Trump campaign the first time around, it will remain a consistent view.”

Vance’s comments stand in stark contrast to recent positioning by himself, Trump and other Republicans on the issue of reproductive rights. A large percentage of Planned Parenthood’s funding comes through Medicaid, federal grants or other programs that reimburse Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide for providing birth control as well as preventive screenings for cancer and sexually transmitted diseases for low-income Americans,

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Vance last night:

“On the question of defunding Planned Parenthood, look, I mean, our view is we don’t think that taxpayers should fund late-term abortions. That has been a consistent view of the Trump campaign the first time around, it will remain a consistent view.” pic.twitter.com/vvoee88uub

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) October 6, 2024