McCormick Called the Overturning of Roe v. Wade “A Huge Victory”
Trump Said He Was “Proudly Responsible” for Overturning Roe v. Wade
PENNSYLVANIA — Today, ahead of the second anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party hosted a roundtable of Pennsylvania women who said David McCormick and Donald Trump’s anti-choice agenda is disqualifying.
“The overturning of Roe v. Wade two years ago brought us back decades to a time when women were unable to make healthcare decisions over their own body,” said Representative Carol Hill-Evans. “Now, David McCormick and the guy we kicked out of the White House four years ago are promising to take us back even further by banning abortion nationally with no exceptions for rape or incest. They must be rejected.”
“Young women in Lancaster and across Pennsylvania are facing a world without the same reproductive rights that I had because of David McCormick and Donald Trump’s dangerous anti-choice agenda,” said Nikki Rivera, Manheim Township School Board President. “This November, Pennsylvania must vote Biden-Harris and Casey to preserve this great nation’s ability to choose their reproductive path. Minding one’s own uterus is key in this election.”
Learn More About McCormick and Trump’s Dangerous Anti-Choice Agenda:
- When asked directly in a debate last year whether he believed there should be exceptions for abortion in the cases of rape, incest, or life of the mother, McCormick responded only “in the very rare instances there should be exceptions for the life of the mother.”
- Axios: “David McCormick…said during a debate in Harrisburg last month he’s fully against all scenarios involving abortion, apart from ‘in the very rare instances there should be exceptions for the life of the mother.’”
- HuffPost: “McCormick has said that life begins at conception and that he does not support exceptions in abortion laws for rape or incest.”
- HuffPost: “McCormick said in a May 2022 debate with Oz that he supports banning abortion with an exception only when the pregnant person’s life is in danger, and not in cases of rape or incest.”
- WESA: There was no “pushback from the McCormick campaign.”
- Before the Dobbs decision leaked, McCormick said he would be a “stalwart opponent of abortion.”
- McCormick repeatedly praised the leaked Supreme Court opinion draft overturning Roe as a “huge victory” and “huge step forward.”
- Trump said he was “proudly responsible” for overturning Roe v. Wade.
- Trump is suggesting states should monitor pregnancies to force abortion bans.
- Trump celebrates abortion bans in states across the country, calling it a “beautiful thing to watch.”
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