MedPage Today August 29, 2024
— A look at the two vice presidential nominees’ healthcare policies and records
With this abridged overview, MedPage Today examines the health policy records of the Republican and Democratic vice presidential nominees, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D).
Abortion, Reproductive Health
Vance’s stance:
During a debate in October 2022 when Vance was running for Senate, he signaled an openness to a 15-week national abortion ban, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. However, in 2021, he argued against such exceptions, stating that “two wrongs don’t make a right.”
In January 2023, Vance signed a letter calling for the Department of Justice to leverage the Comstock Act, a 19th-century anti-vice law, to prohibit...
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