{"id":1862,"date":"2023-06-24T01:10:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T01:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2023-06-24T01:10:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T01:10:51","slug":"mike-pence-challenges-rivals-to-back-15-week-abortion-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=1862","title":{"rendered":"Mike Pence challenges rivals to back 15-week abortion ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"e1j2237y6 bbc-q4ibpr ebmt73l0\">\n<div class=\"bbc-1atl7vu euvj3t14\">\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"bbc-ccegd7 euvj3t12\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"bbc-1a3w4ok euvj3t11\">By Kayla Epstein &amp; Holly Honderich<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"bbc-1p92jtu euvj3t10\">BBC Information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2023-06-24\" class=\"bbc-1dafq0j e1mklfmt0\">1 hour in the past<\/time><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-1ka88fa ebmt73l0\">\n<figure class=\"bbc-1qdcvv9 e1aczekt0\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-172p16q ebmt73l0\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-189y18v ebmt73l0\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\" data-e2e=\"image-placeholder\" class=\"bbc-997y1y eihqrxw0\"><amp-img fallback=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/FDA1\/production\/_130192946_dda5c59aaf7539ae2826465da40e3aa2e7f456f30_0_2656_14951000x563.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/FDA1\/production\/_130192946_dda5c59aaf7539ae2826465da40e3aa2e7f456f30_0_2656_14951000x563.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/FDA1\/production\/_130192946_dda5c59aaf7539ae2826465da40e3aa2e7f456f30_0_2656_14951000x563.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/FDA1\/production\/_130192946_dda5c59aaf7539ae2826465da40e3aa2e7f456f30_0_2656_14951000x563.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/FDA1\/production\/_130192946_dda5c59aaf7539ae2826465da40e3aa2e7f456f30_0_2656_14951000x563.jpg 800w\" alt=\"Former US Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conferenc\" attribution=\"EPA-EFE\/REX\/Shutterstock\" layout=\"responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/FDA1\/production\/_130192946_dda5c59aaf7539ae2826465da40e3aa2e7f456f30_0_2656_14951000x563.jpg\" height=\"549\" width=\"976\" data-hero=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" class=\"bbc-1s1cxbv ewbcsnk0\"><span class=\"bbc-m04vo2\">Picture supply, <\/span>EPA-EFE\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\"><b>Former US Vice-President Mike Pence has challenged his rivals within the Republican presidential discipline to help a 15-week nationwide abortion ban.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">He informed a conservative gathering each Republican candidate for president ought to help 15 weeks &#8220;at least nationwide normal&#8221; on abortion. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Final yr the Supreme Court docket overturned the constitutional proper to abortion within the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Anti-abortion teams need to make a federal ban a key 2024 election challenge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">The chief of 1 such group, Marjorie Dannenfelser with Susan B Anthony Professional-Life America, has mentioned she&#8217;s going to oppose any presidential candidate who doesn&#8217;t embrace a 15-week nationwide ban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">She known as Mr Pence &#8220;the definition of an unapologetic pro-life chief&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Mr Pence, who has lengthy made his evangelical religion central to his political id, is likely one of the few Republican candidates to have spoken unequivocally about his help for such a ban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">On Friday on the Religion &amp; Freedom Coalition&#8217;s annual convention in Washington DC, Mr Pence mentioned: &#8220;Let me say from my coronary heart &#8211; the reason for life is the calling of our time and we should not relaxation and should not relent till we restore the sanctity of life to the centre of American legislation in each state on this nation.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Opinion polls counsel a majority of Individuals again some type of authorized abortion entry, although public help for the process being authorized drops notably by the top of the second trimester of a being pregnant. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Some Republican candidates are cautious of backing a 15-week pledge. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">A couple of within the celebration have argued that final yr&#8217;s rollback of abortion rights by the Supreme Court docket price them within the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">President Joe Biden, a Democrat, is anticipated to make abortion a central challenge in his re-election marketing campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">About 25 million girls of child-bearing age dwell in a state with restricted or non-existent abortion providers for the reason that Supreme Court docket overturned Roe v Wade final June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Sensing the political dangers, many Republican presidential candidates have skirted the problem of abortion bans. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Former President Donald Trump, whose conservative appointments to the Supreme Court docket paved the way in which for the US proper to abortion being overturned, has backed away from endorsing a particular nationwide ban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Former South Carolina Governor and UN ambassador Nikki Haley has known as a federal ban unimaginable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Additional complicating issues for contenders is the anti-abortion motion doesn&#8217;t agree on what a nationwide ban ought to appear to be. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">For instance, College students for Life America is campaigning for a six-week ban &#8211; earlier than most ladies know they&#8217;re pregnant &#8211; and with no exceptions for rape or incest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Voters are additionally break up on the problem. A February PRRI ballot advised that 44% of Individuals would help a 15-week ban on abortion, whereas 52% opposed such a legislation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">A federal abortion ban would additionally must move each chambers of Congress &#8211; and Republican efforts to move such a legislation have failed previously. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-66003915.amp\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kayla Epstein &amp; Holly Honderich BBC Information 1 hour in the past Picture supply, EPA-EFE\/REX\/Shutterstock Former US Vice-President Mike Pence has challenged his rivals within the Republican presidential discipline to help a 15-week nationwide abortion ban. 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