June 6, 2022 | Press Release

RNC Statement on VP Harris Hosting Roundtable Discussion on Abortion

Press Release

If you are covering the roundtable discussion on abortion that Vice President Kamala Harris is leading in Los Angeles today, please consider the following statement from the Republican National Committee:

“Families can’t afford gas or groceries because of Joe Biden, and yet all this White House wants to talk about is their radical late-term abortion agenda – they couldn’t be more out of touch if they tried.” -Andrew Brennan, RNC Director of Faith Communications

BACKGROUND:

  • Polling shows the majority of Americans support limits on abortion.
    • 80 percent of Americans believe that third trimester abortions should be prohibited in most or all cases.
    • According to recent polling  from the RNC, independent voters resoundingly reject the Democrat Party’s position on abortion – only 16% of independent voters believe abortion should be allowed at any time and for any reason.
  • The United States is one of only seven nations  that allows elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, putting America in the same ranks as China and North Korea.
  • Read more from RNC Research.