Trump and Harris’ views on abortion and IVF access, explained

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Trump and Harris’ views on ********* and IVF access, explained

Washington — ********* is one of the issues that could drive voters’ decisions in the November election, the first presidential contest held since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago and paved the way for 22 states to restrict access to the procedure. Going into the 2024 election, the two presidential nominees, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, have talked about their views of and stances on ********* and and what the future might hold for ********* access if elected. 

Democrats are hoping the issue of ********* access will galvanize voters to elect Harris, while Republicans have sought to frame the issue as one best left to the states, while facing questions about whether a federal ********* ban would be on the table if former President Donald Trump were elected to a second term.

An August CBS News poll found that 60% of voters believe ********* should be legal in all or most cases, and among women likely voters who want ********* to be legal, 76% support Harris.

Here is where Trump and Harris stand on *********.

Donald Trump’s stance on *********

Trump has throughout the campaign had shifting views on *********, frustrating social conservatives and anti-********* rights groups that are pushing for a nationwide ban. The *********** nominee has repeatedly taken credit for the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in June 2022 and touted that three of the justices he appointed to the high court voted to unwind the constitutional right to *********. 

He has said the court’s landmark decision means the issue is now left up to voters in the states.

“My view is now that we have ********* where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land,” he said in a video posted to social media in April.

Trump has stopped short of backing a federal ********* ban, but said during a March radio interview that “people are agreeing on 15, and I’m thinking in terms of that.”

Still, as Democrats, including Harris, have sought to tie Trump and Republicans to ********* restrictions enacted in 22 states after Roe was reversed, the former president has attempted to counter their attacks. 

“My administration will be great for women and their reproductive rights,” he

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on social media on Aug. 23, the morning after Harris delivered a speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination that claimed Trump’s second-term agenda includes limiting access to birth control, outlawing medication ********* and banning ********* nationwide.

The former president has also criticized some of the most restrictive state laws on ********* — namely a six-week ban in place in Florida, where he lives — and said he favors exceptions in cases of *****, ******* or when the life of the mother is at risk. The former president called Florida’s ban a “terrible thing and a terrible mistake.” 

He reiterated in an interview with NBC News in September that six weeks is “too short” and said he is “going to be voting that we need more than six weeks.”

Trump’s comments earned him swift backlash from conservatives, who criticized him for supporting a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution that is on the November ballot. The measure would prohibit laws that restrict ********* before fetal viability, generally considered to be between 22 and 24 weeks of pregnancy.

Trump quickly backtracked amid the fallout and said he would be voting “no” on the ********* amendment, which, if defeated in November, would leave Florida’s six-week ban in place.

Kamala Harris’ stance on *********

Harris has made ********* rights a focal point of her campaign and has worked to connect ********* restrictions enacted in more than 20 states to the *********** nominee, calling them “Trump ********* bans” in speeches from the trail.

In her keynote address at the Democratic National Convention accepting the party’s presidential nominee, the vice president pledged to sign into law legislation that restores the federal right to ********* — if such a bill is passed by Congress.

“Ours is a ****** for the future and it is a ****** for freedom, like the freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do,” she said during a campaign event in Savannah.

Harris’

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pledges that if elected president, “she will never allow a national ********* ban to become law. And when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom nationwide, she will sign it.”

Access to IVF 

Access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) services became a campaign issue after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in February that frozen embryos created during the IVF process could be considered children. The decision threatened the availability of IVF services in Alabama and thrust access to fertility treatments into the national conversation, including among the presidential candidates.

Donald Trump’s stance on IVF

Trump announced last month a new plan that would require the federal government to pay for IVF treatments or mandate insurance companies cover costs associated with IVF, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars per cycle.

Kamala Harris’ stance on IVF

Harris, though, has pinned the blame for any threats to fertility treatments on Trump, calling him the “architect of this entire crisis.” The vice president said the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling is a “direct result” of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe.

Harris has repeatedly said she supports a woman’s right to make decisions about her body and family-planning, and lamented in her convention speech that since Roe’s reversal, she has heard stories of couples who have had their IVF treatments cut off.

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Melissa Quinn

Melissa Quinn is a politics reporter for CBSNews.com. She has written for outlets including the Washington Examiner, Daily Signal and Alexandria Times. Melissa covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts.

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