'Not true!' Walz tells Vance to 'mind your own business' after false abortion claim
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz advised Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) to mind his "own business" after the Republican vice presidential nominee made false claims about late-term abortions.
During Tuesday night's vice presidential debate, Walz said that banning abortion rights would have drastic consequences.
"We are pro-freedoms for women to make their choices, and we're going, and Kamala Harris is making the case, to make options for children more affordable, a $6,000 child tax credit, but we're not gonna base that on the backs of making someone like Amber Thurman drive 600 miles to try and get healthcare," Walz explained.
Thurman died after receiving delayed reproductive care stemming from lost federal abortion rights.
Vance alleged that Walz had signed a law allowing doctors to execute babies that survive a "botched abortion."
"That's not true!" Walz interrupted. "That's not what the law is."
"That is, I think, whether you're pro-choice or pro-abortion, fundamentally barbaric," Vance insisted.
"These are women's decisions to make about their healthcare decisions and the physicians who know best when they need to do this," Walz shot back. "Trying to distort the way a law is written to try and make a point, that's not it at all."
"Please, tell me, what was I wrong about?" Vance demanded.
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"That is not the way the law is written," Walz replied. "It was fact-checked at the last debate, but the point on this is there's a continuation of these guys to try and tell women or to get involved."
"I use this line on this, just mind your own business on this," he added. "Things worked best when Roe v. Wade was in place."
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