The biggest lie roiling the presidential election is Kamala Harris’ claim that Donald Trump will ban abortion nationwide.Abortion rights do not hinge on who is elected president, Trump or Harris.Or on which party controls Congress. The issue is out of their hands.Wherever you live, state legislators elected in your own state will determine your abortion rights.
That is what the US Supreme Court ruled in 2022, when it overturned Roe v.Wade.As a pro-choice woman, I understand some voters are putting aside concerns about inflation, the border, foreign policy and other issues out of fear they or their daughters won’t have freedom of choice. They deserve the truth — but they’re not getting it from Harris, who’s all too willing to spread lies about abortion policy to shore up her sagging support.At a rally in Houston, Texas, last week featuring pop star Beyoncé, Harris pumped up the fear.“If you think you are protected from a Trump abortion ban because you live in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New York or California,” she said, “please know, no one is protected.”That’s 100% false. But instead of fact-checking, the liberal media are letting that lie do its dirty work, scaring women into voting for Harris.Trump has vowed to veto a national ban on abortion.
But you don’t have to rely on his word.Read the US Constitution.The Constitution reserves for states authority over the health and welfare of their own residents.The federal government has only limited, enumerated powers, such as levying taxes and regulating interstate commerce — but not the power to regulate most health-care matters.Therefore, any effort by Congress to ban abortion nationally would likely be overturned by the courts as an unconstitutional intrusion into state affairs.That includes Republican Sen.Lindsey Graham’s Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would make it a crime to abort a fetus after 20 weeks.It also includes the Women’s Health Protection Act o...