{"id":1998746,"date":"2023-08-12T12:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T16:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-announces-plan-to-lead-debate-performance-with-abortion-as-his-focus\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T12:18:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T16:18:36","slug":"pence-announces-plan-to-lead-debate-performance-with-abortion-as-his-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-announces-plan-to-lead-debate-performance-with-abortion-as-his-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence to prioritize abortion in upcoming debate."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpence-announces-plan-to-lead-debate-performance-with-abortion-as-his-focus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998746&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Vice President Mike Pence Challenges Republican Front-Runners on Abortion<\/h2>\n<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence issued a bold warning to\u2064 his opponents, declaring his intention to engage in a \u200bdebate with the Republican Party&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-announces-plan-to-lead-debate-performance-with-abortion-as-his-focus\/\" title=\"Pence to prioritize abortion in upcoming debate.\">presidential front-runners<\/a> on the contentious topic of \u200dabortion. Pence firmly believes that abortion should be banned nationwide \u200bafter 15 \u200cweeks.<\/p>\n<p>Pence, who proudly identifies as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-police-chief-leads-gretchen-whitmer-in-governors-race-poll\/\" title=\"Former Police Chief Leads Gretchen Whitmer In Governor\u2019s Race: Poll\">unapologetically pro-life<\/a>,&#8221; specifically called out former President Donald\u2063 Trump and Governor\u2063 Ron\u2062 DeSantis (R-FL) for their positions \u200don abortion. He plans to address this issue during the upcoming Republican debate \u2064scheduled for later this month.<\/p>\n<h3>Up for Debate: Where Trump, DeSantis, and the Rest of the Republican 2024 Field Stand on Key Issues<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;My former running mate, the governor of Florida, and others are suggesting that the Supreme Court should leave the question \u200cof abortion to the states,&#8221; Pence emphasized \u200bduring his appearance at\u200d the Iowa State Fair. &#8220;However, I firmly believe \u200bthat it is of utmost importance to seize the opportunity at the national level to advance protections for the right to life, and I will continue to do so as president. This is a critical issue that demands attention on the stage\u2064 in Milwaukee.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s\u200c stance aligns with \u2064the Supreme Court ruling \u2064that returned the matter of abortion to individual states, asserting that it falls outside the\u2063 jurisdiction of the federal government. On the other hand, \u200dDeSantis has not expressed his \u200copinion \u2062on a federal ban on abortion but has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-doj-sues-alabama-for-making-transgender-surgeries-for-minors-a-felony\/\" title=\"Biden DOJ Sues Alabama for Making Transgender Surgeries for Minors a Felony\">signed legislation prohibiting<\/a> the procedure after six weeks in Florida. Both Trump&#8217;s stance and DeSantis&#8217;s silence have faced criticism \u2062from abortion\u200d opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Pence highlighted that\u200c his proposal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-steve-daines-supreme-court-has-opportunity-to-defend-most-fundamental-right-the-right-to-life\/\" title=\"Sen. Steve Daines: \u2018Supreme Court Has Opportunity to Defend Most Fundamental Right\u2014the Right to Life\u2019\">ban abortion nationwide<\/a> after 15 weeks aligns with the bans implemented in most European\u200d countries, where the procedure is prohibited after 12-15 weeks, depending on the specific nation. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) also supports a federal ban on abortion after 15 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our current national laws are more in line with North \u2064Korea, China, and Iran than with other Western \u2063countries\u200c in Europe,&#8221;\u200b Pence stated in June.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here \u2062to read more from The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first Republican debate is scheduled to take \u200cplace in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 23. Five candidates have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doug-burgum-skirts-questions-around-trump-and-indictments\/\" title=\"Doug Burgum avoids answering questions about Trump and indictments.\">successfully qualified<\/a> for the debate, meeting the criteria of polling at 1% nationally for the Republican nomination and securing donations from 40,000 donors. Additionally, candidates must sign a pledge to support\u2062 the eventual GOP\u200d nominee.<\/p>\n<p>The qualified candidates include DeSantis, Scott, former\u2062 Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC), Governor Doug Burgum (R-ND), and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. Pence has met the\u2064 polling and donor requirements and has \u2062expressed his commitment to \u200dsigning the \u2062pledge, although he has not done so yet. Trump and former Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) also\u2064 meet the\u2062 donor\u2063 and polling thresholds but have not made a decision regarding \u2062the pledge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former VP Mike Pence issued a warning to his rivals, pledging to engage in a debate with leading GOP presidential contenders on abortion. Pence firmly advocates for a nationwide ban on abortion after 15 weeks and identifies as &#8220;unapologetically pro-life.&#8221; He specifically mentioned former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) as potential opponents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1998747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}