RNC coverage has at times whitewashed J.D. Vance’s anti-abortion extremism
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During coverage of the Republican National Convention, news media have at times failed to adequately contextualize vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance’s extremism on abortion and failed to hold conservative guests accountable for whitewashing his radical anti-abortion legacy.
In reality, Vance has advocated for a national abortion ban (arguing it would be needed because those seeking abortions could travel to a state where abortion is still legalized to receive health care), supported banning the mailing of abortion medication, implied he doesn’t support exceptions to abortion restrictions for rape and incest, and voted against safeguards to IVF, though since receiving the nomination he has seemingly cowed to presidential candidate Donald Trump’s purported stance that abortion is a state issue.