Vance says Trump would veto national abortion ban – but critics aren’t convinced

JD Vance assured an interviewer that Donald Trump would not sign legislation establishing a national abortion ban into lawin footage that aired Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press.

But the Republican vice presidential contender is facing the reality of his own past support for such as plan as well as other pathways towards enacting such a ban being eyed by conservatives as he and Trump seek to defend themselves on the issue of reproductive rights.

Vance was asked by NBC’s Kristen Welker in their interview whether his running mate would veto a piece of legislation banning abortion outright or after a certain point in the pregnancy — a bill that would have been impossible under the federal protections established by Roe v Wade, which was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2022. Vance replied that Trump had said “explicitly” that he would issue such a veto.

“I think he would. He said that explicitly that he would,” said Vance. “Donald Trump has been as clear about that as possible.”

He went on to urge voters to go back and look at what Trump himself had said about the issue — which until recently was not much in the way of specifics. The Republican ex-president avoided laying out his own view on a national ban for months after a conservative majority on the Supreme Court overturned Roe, finally stating earlier this year that he opposed a national ban. Trump has been vocal, however, in taking credit for Roe’s downfall, which in recent speeches and remarks he has claimed that even Democrats and independents wanted to see overturned.

It also doesn’t help his case that national abortion ban efforts have been championed by some of Trump’s allies in Congress, such as Lindsey Graham who introduced one piece of legislation aiming to