Each major election over the past two years has prompted the refrain: “Abortion is on the ballot.” That is certainly true of the upcoming presidential election and down-ballot races in November 2024.
Sharp contrasts exist between Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump about reproductive rights.
Yet, as the election nears, Trump and others in the Republican Party have played down the abortion issue. Trump improbably claimed on Sept. 24, for example, that, if he’s elected, women “will no longer be thinking about abortion,” because the issue is now with the states.
The morning after the Democratic convention ended, Trump posted on Truth Social: “My Administration will be great for women and their reproductive rights.” He has also said that he would champion in vitro fertilization, or IVF, including requiring the government or insurers to pay for it – even though the president does not have authority to require this.
Presidents have a certain amount of power on abortion policy – for example, they can support or veto abortion-related bills, and they can issue executive actions to direct federal agencies’ policy priorities.
In short, the president does have power to make it much easier or harder for someone to get an abortion – or other kinds of reproductive health care.
Each major election over the past two years has prompted the refrain: “Abortion is on the ballot.” That is certainly true of the upcoming presidential election and down-ballot races in November 2024.
Sharp contrasts exist between Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump about reproductive rights.
Yet, as the election nears, Trump and others in the Republican Party have played down the abortion issue. Trump improbably claimed on Sept. 24, for example, that, if he’s elected, women “will no longer be thinking about abortion,” because the issue is now with the states.
TMZ revealed cropped photos of Liam Payne’s body after he fell three stories from a hotel balcony in Argentina and is now receiving online backlash. The incident sparked a debate as to what is and isn’t appropriate to reveal as a news outlet. The 31-year-old singer died Wednesday at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel on Costa Rica Street in the Palermo neighborhood, according to local police. TMZ was one of the first news outlets in the United States to report on Payne’s death. Their initial article included photos of Payne’s body obtained by the outlet. The photos were cropped into two
Liam Payne, a singer and former band member of One Direction, died Wednesday at 31-years-old after falling from a third story balcony at a hotel in Argentina, according to local police.