{"id":2011673,"date":"2023-08-25T05:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T09:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-checkers-say-no-one-supports-abortion-up-until-birth-these-prominent-democrats-disagree\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T05:27:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T09:27:20","slug":"fact-checkers-say-no-one-supports-abortion-up-until-birth-these-prominent-democrats-disagree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-checkers-say-no-one-supports-abortion-up-until-birth-these-prominent-democrats-disagree\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-checkers dispute the claim that nobody supports abortion up until birth, but some prominent Democrats hold a different view."},"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\">38<\/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%2Ffact-checkers-say-no-one-supports-abortion-up-until-birth-these-prominent-democrats-disagree%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=2011673&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--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Jen Psaki (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/h2>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>During and after the first Republican presidential debate\u200c on Wednesday, fact-checkers rushed to debunk candidates&#8217; \u200ccriticisms of Democratic \u2064support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-how-legacy-media-misrepresents-catholicism-to-defend-biden\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: How Legacy Media Misrepresents Catholicism To Defend Biden\">unlimited abortion access<\/a>. But it was the journalists who got\u200b it wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What the Democrats are trying to do \u200con\u2062 this issue is wrong, to\u200c allow abortion all the way up to the moment of birth,&#8221; Florida \u2064Gov.\u200d Ron DeSantis said during the debate. \u2063Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) and former Arkansas \u200cGov. Asa Hutchinson \u200bmade similar comments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The fact checks:<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2023\/08\/23\/us\/republican-debate-fact-check\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York\u200b Times<\/em><\/a>  and\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2023\/08\/factchecking-the-first-gop-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FactCheck.org<\/a> \u200cdeclared the Republicans&#8217; remarks &#8220;misleading,&#8221; while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/factcheck-usa-election-debate\/fact-check-five-statements-examined-after-first-gop-primary-debate-idUSL4N3A51LK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> said the candidates \u200cwere &#8220;missing \u2063context.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/article\/2023\/aug\/24\/fact-checks-first-republican-presidential-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PolitiFact<\/a> said the\u2062 statements\u2063 were\u2062 &#8220;false,&#8221; and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/republican-presidential-debate-abortion-misinformation_n_64e6c58ee4b0306c321b6c5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HuffPost<\/a><\/em>  deemed them &#8220;misinformation.&#8221; The <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/08\/24\/fact-checking-first-republican-primary-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post<\/a><\/em>  claimed the\u2062 &#8220;common Republican \u2064talking \u200dpoint&#8221; is untrue because such procedures are &#8220;rare.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/republican-candidates-abortion-2024-gop-debate-1234811364\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>  outright accused the candidates of lying.<\/p>\n<p>Jen Psaki, an MSNBC host and former \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden's Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">press secretary<\/a> for President Joe Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrpsaki\/status\/1694525055663747157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> during the debate, &#8220;No\u200b one supports abortion up until birth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The facts:<\/strong> The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives\u2064 in 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/house-passes-bill-to-allow-abortion-on-demand-nationwide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed<\/a> a bill, backed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/05\/11\/statement-from-president-biden-on-the-senate-vote-on-the-womens-health-protection-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a>, \u2063to\u2063 allow abortion up to \u200bbirth nationwide if &#8220;continuation of the pregnancy would pose\u2063 a risk to the pregnant patient&#8217;s life or health.&#8221; Seven states and the\u200d District of Columbia already put <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2022\/us\/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no\u200b limits<\/a> on abortion. Others, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyclu.org\/sites\/default\/files\/field_documents\/kyr-nyabortioncare-onepager-05.06.22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/gov.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Proclamation-on-Reproductive-Freedom.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a>, guarantee\u200d abortion access throughout pregnancy \u200cif the\u2063 mother&#8217;s health, broadly defined, is \u2063at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 Democratic Party platform <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/where-we-stand\/party-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reads<\/a>: \u2062&#8221;Democrats oppose \u200dand will\u2063 fight to \u200doverturn federal\u200c and state laws \u200dthat\u2062 create barriers to reproductive health and rights. We will repeal the \u200dHyde Amendment, and protect and \u200ccodify the right to reproductive freedom.&#8221; \u2064The\u200b Hyde Amendment bars federal funding of most \u2064abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, prominent Democrats across the country have often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-checkers-say-no-one-supports-abortion-up-until-birth-these-prominent-democrats-disagree\/\" title=\"Fact-checkers dispute the claim that nobody supports abortion up until birth, but some prominent Democrats hold a different view.\">openly advocated unlimited abortion rights<\/a>, or at least refused to endorse any restrictions.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s 5 minutes of Democrats supporting\u2063 abortions up\u2062 to birth. Quit lying. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rnYvFSBSJY\">https:\/\/t.co\/rnYvFSBSJY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v8XmQnWJOk\">pic.twitter.com\/v8XmQnWJOk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200d LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LifeNewsHQ\/status\/1694718177337635061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 2019, Minnesota Democrat Senator Tina Smith said providing lifesaving care \u2064to babies born after botched \u2062abortions was &#8220;inappropriate \u2063medical\u200b treatment&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXesgAUecC\">pic.twitter.com\/VXesgAUecC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1694729946113945664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As White House press secretary, Psaki herself <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1694547301396619286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged<\/a> passage of the national abortion law and refused to endorse limits on abortion on behalf of\u2063 Biden.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last Congress, \u2064House\u2062 Democrats \u200dpassed a \u200dbill \u2014 which Biden supports\u200d \u2014\u2064 that\u2063 would allow abortion on demand up until birth<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats also \u200cvoted against a GOP amendment to ensure any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-democrats-seek-to-decriminalize-infanticide\/\" title=\"Maryland Democrats Seek to Decriminalize Infanticide\">baby born alive<\/a> after an attempted abortion gets proper medical\u200b care<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chad Gilmartin (@ChadGilmartinCA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadGilmartinCA\/status\/1694718629294870983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fact-checkers getting it\u200b wrong is nothing \u200cnew, and their mistakes \u2063nearly always seem to go against Republicans.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nOwH6bi13I\">https:\/\/t.co\/nOwH6bi13I<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QZTgAXFUTR\">pic.twitter.com\/QZTgAXFUTR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Share the Facts (@sharethefact) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sharethefact\/status\/1278782534344736773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jen Psaki (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images) Fact-checkers swiftly debunked Republican candidates&#8217; claims about Democratic support for unrestricted abortion access during and after the initial presidential debate. However, it was the journalists who erred in their understanding. The Democrats&#8217; stance on this matter is misguided, as they aim to permit abortion without limitations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":2011674,"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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2011673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/2011673","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\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2011673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2011674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2011673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2011673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}