During the Republican National Convention's opening night, Sen. J.D.
Vance (R-Ohio) spoke to Fox News for his first interview as former President Donald Trump's vice presidential nominee. Sitting in the Fiserv Forum, the convention's Milwaukee venue, Vance took questions from host Sean Hannity and addressed criticism about his previous comments on domestic violence, abortion, and his 2016 disapproval of Trump. A couple of times, Vance accused the media of twisting controversial comments about violent marriages and abortion exemptions.
We took a closer look at four of his claims. Vance addressed his own and Trump's position on abortion. He described Trump's position “to let voters in states” decide abortion laws as “reasonable,” contrasting it with Biden's.
“Donald Trump is running against a Joe Biden president who wants taxpayer-funded abortions up until the moment of birth,” Vance said. This is False and misleads about how rarely abortions are performed late in pregnancy. The vast majority of abortions in the U.
S. — about 91% — occur in the first trimester. About 1% take place after 21 weeks, and far fewer than 1% occur in the third trimester and typically involve emergencies such as fatal fetal anomalies or life-threatening medical emergencies affecting the pregnant woman.
Biden has said he supported Roe v. Wade , the landmark 1973 U.S.
Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion and was overturned in June 2022, and wants federally protected abortion access.