Advisory Board September 11, 2024
The first debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris featured a significant focus on reproductive rights and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Here’s what you need to know.
Reproductive rights
During the debate, Trump claimed that “every legal scholar, every Democrat, every Republican, liberal, conservative, they all wanted” the issue of abortion “to be brought back to the states,” adding that “it’s the vote of the people now. It’s not tied up in the federal government. I did a great service in doing it. It took courage to do it. And the Supreme Court had great courage in doing it,” referring to the court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Trump also claimed that Democrats favor the...
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