Vance says Trump administration would end funding to Planned Parenthood

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), former president Donald Trump’s running mate, said that if elected, Trump would seek to end federal money for Planned Parenthood.

“We don’t think that taxpayers should fund late-term abortions,” Vance told RealClearPolitics on Saturday night. “That has been a consistent view of the Trump campaign the first time around; it will remain a consistent view.”

Vance’s comments on Saturday against one of the biggest reproductive health-care providers in the nation stand in stark contrast to recent positioning by himself, Trump and other Republicans on the issue of reproductive rights.

While Trump has taken credit for the Supreme Court’s 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, and Republicans have long run on a platform to curtail reproductive rights in the country, in the last few weeks, the party has softened its messaging on the issue in an effort to appeal to moderate and independent voters. Trump has said recently on social media that he would not sign a federal abortion ban and that decisions about abortion should be up to the states. The change largely came after the decision to overturn Roe proved to be widely unpopular.