Warren to Vance: ‘Women are not stupid’ as GOP VP pick says Trump ‘would veto’ abortion ban

Senator Elizabeth Warren

, D-Mass, criticized

Senator JD Vance

, R-Ohio, on Sunday for his assertion that former President

Donald Trump

would veto a federal

abortion ban

if re-elected. Warren's comments came during an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, where she challenged Vance’s claims about Trump’s stance on abortion rights.
“American women are not stupid,” Warren said, expressing skepticism about Vance's claims.

“We’re not going to trust the futures of our daughters and granddaughters to two men who have openly bragged about blocking access to abortion.”

Vance, the GOP vice-presidential nominee, had earlier suggested that Trump would reject a nationwide abortion ban, arguing that the former president prefers to leave abortion regulation to individual states. “I think he would,” Vance said when asked if Trump would veto a

federal ban

. “He’s said that explicitly that he would.”

Warren dismissed Vance’s statements, arguing that even if Trump did not sign a federal ban, his administration would still restrict abortion rights. She highlighted the Comstock Act, a historic law banning the mailing of abortion-related materials, which some Republicans have suggested reviving to impose nationwide restrictions. “Don’t buy it? Just read it,” Warren advised. “JD Vance actually sent a letter last year to the Department of Justice saying, enforce the Comstock Act. And remember he did that, and then Donald Trump picked him to be his vice president.”

Trump has recently reiterated his belief that abortion rights and restrictions should be determined by individual states. However, he has often praised his Supreme Court appointees who played a key role in overturning Roe v. Wade. Vance has previously indicated openness to a national abortion ban.
In her interview, Warren urged voters to support candidates who will work to restore abortion rights nationwide. “The only way that we’re going to protect access to abortion is to have a Democratic Congress send a bill to Kamala Harris, she will sign it into law, and then we will restore a right to half the population in this country,” Warren said. “No longer will a woman have to go into an emergency room and be told she’s not near enough death to get the medical treatment that she needs.”