In response to JD Vance skipping today’s Senate effort to protect access to emergency abortion care, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: 

“After reports of tragic, preventable deaths as result of Donald Trump’s extreme abortion bans, MAGA Republicans today blocked yet another vote to ensure that all Americans can access lifesaving care – and JD Vance didn’t think it was worth his time to even show up. Whether it’s codifying reproductive freedoms, enshrining access to IVF, or doing the bare minimum to protect women from dying preventable deaths, Vance has made it abundantly clear for all of America that he’ll put his extreme anti-choice agenda over protecting our basic rights.”

NEW: In the aftermath of tragic, preventable deaths due to Donald Trump’s state abortion bans, Senate Republicans blocked today’s vote to ensure access to emergency abortion care. JD Vance didn’t even show up.

News from the States: “GOP senator blocks resolution stating the right to emergency care includes abortion”

“Senate Democrats attempted to pass a resolution Tuesday addressing abortion access in emergency medical situations, but Republicans blocked it from moving forward.

“The floor action followed months of unsuccessful attempts by congressional Democrats to approve legislation on various reproductive rights, including access to birth control and in vitro fertilization.”

Axios: “Scoop: Senate Dems’ emergency abortion care blitz”

“An investigation published by ProPublica last week highlighted the circumstances of Amber Nicole Thurman’s 2022 death — the first publicly reported death caused by delayed abortion care.”

NBC News: “A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban”

ProPublica: “Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.”

“Since abortion was banned or restricted in 22 states over the past two years, women in serious danger have been turned away from emergency rooms and told that they needed to be in more peril before doctors could help. Some have been forced to continue high-risk pregnancies that threatened their lives. Those whose pregnancies weren’t even viable have been told they could return when they were ‘crashing.’”

Vance also skipped last week’s vote on legislation to enshrine access to IVF for all Americans — after voting against IVF protections in June.

The Independent: “JD Vance didn’t even show up to vote on [IVF protections].”

Jennifer Bendery, Huffington Post: “Vance won’t be at today’s Senate vote…”

The Hill: “Senate Republicans block legislation to codify IVF access”

Republicans who voted against include: JD Vance.

Vanity Fair: “On Wednesday, Senate Republicans are expected to object to Tammy Duckworth’s Right to Build Families Act, because, surprise: They don’t actually care about families and aren’t ‘pro-life.’

“‘It’s idiotic for us to take the bait,’ Senator JD Vance told Politico, as though the measure were some kind of political trap. (He also noted that he had not actually read the bill yet.)”

REMINDER: Vance’s anti choice record includes saying that he would like “abortion to be illegal nationally,” attacking exceptions for rape and incest, and more.

CNN: “JD Vance said in 2022 he ‘would like abortion to be illegal nationally’”

“[JD Vance] said [he] ‘certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally’ and was ‘sympathetic’ to the view that a national ban was necessary to stop women from traveling across states to obtain an abortion.”

Newsweek: “J.D. Vance Backs ‘National Standard’ for Abortions”

Washington Post: “Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance argues against need for rape and incest exceptions in abortion laws”

Daily Beast: “J.D. Vance suggested he would support prohibiting abortion even in cases of rape and incest—and dismissed those catalysts as ‘inconvenient.’”

If given the chance, Trump and Vance would ban abortion nationwide with their dangerous Project 2025 agenda.

Rolling Stone: “Trump Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide: Report”

Trump: “There of course remains a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life. And it’s very important.” 

Trump on if he would sign a six-week national abortion ban: “I’m looking at all options.”

New Republic: “On January 20, 2025, conservatives plan to resurrect a 150-year-old defunct law to ban abortion across the nation. This is not a secret plan—far from it. It’s part of the 180-Day Playbook produced by Project 2025, detailing priorities for an incoming conservative president on day one. These 900 pages lay out a Christian nationalist vision of the United States, one in which married heterosexuality is the only valid form of sexual expression and identity; all pregnancies would be carried to term, even if that requires coercion or death; and transgender and gender-nonconforming people do not exist…

“The playbook says the president should enforce a 150-year-old law, the Comstock Act, which right-wing groups see as a way to ban abortion nationally because it outlaws the use of the mail for the purposes of sending or receiving any object that could be used for an abortion.”

Vance: “I’ve reviewed a lot of [Project 2025]. There are some good ideas in there.”

Axios: “[Project 2025] is undeniably a Trump-driven operation. The biggest tell: Johnny McEntee — one of Trump’s closest White House aides, and his most fervent internal loyalty enforcer — is a senior adviser to Project 2025. One of the most powerful architects is Stephen Miller, a top West Wing adviser for the Trump administration.”