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Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during a campaign event in Asheboro, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says Donald Trump wouldn't support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk

By JILL COLVIN
Published - Aug 25, 2024, 05:58 PM ET
Last Updated - Aug 27, 2024, 06:26 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says Donald Trump would not support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk.

“I can absolutely commit that,” Vance said when asked on NBC's “Meet the Press” whether he could commit to Trump not imposing such a ban. “Donald Trump’s view is that we want the individual states and their individual cultures and their unique political sensibilities to make these decisions because we don’t want to have a nonstop federal conflict over this issue.”

The Ohio senator also insisted that Trump, the former president who is the Republican nominee this year, would veto such legislation if it were passed by Congress.

“I mean, if you’re not supporting it as the president of the United States, you fundamentally have to veto it," he said in an interview that aired Sunday.

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