Posted on 07/28/2023 6:43:34 AM PDT by Morgana
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he will not sign a federal abortion ban to protect unborn babies even though he is “personally pro-life.”
A businessman and author, Ramaswamy has described himself as “unapologetically pro-life,” but his comments July 21 on the All-In Podcast conflict with the pro-life mission.
Although he believes “unborn life is life,” Ramaswamy said a limit or ban on killing unborn babies at the federal level would not be “principled” because abortion is an issue for the states.
“I would not support a federal abortion ban of any kind on principled ground,” he told the All-In Podcast. “Because to me, I am grounded in constitutional principles and I think there’s no legal basis for the federal government to legislate. The 10th Amendment says that part of the American experiment is that we have diversity across states, and I think this is a states issue.”
Ramaswamy said he is “open to persuasion” if a constitutional scholar convinces him otherwise, but right now, if elected president, he would not sign a law to limit or ban abortions. However, he did say the U.S. Supreme Court was correct to overturn Roe v. Wade, and states should be allowed to protect unborn babies’ lives.
“I’m personally a believer that unborn life is life,” he continued, before criticizing the pro-life movement for not doing enough to help families in need.
“I think the pro-life movement needs to walk the walk,” Ramaswamy said, emphasizing his commitment to supporting contraception, adoption, childcare, sexual responsibility and responsible fatherhood. If people on both sides of the debate can work together on these issues, he said abortion should not be “as divisive as we’ve made it out to be.”
This is not the first time Ramaswamy has opposed a federal ban on killing unborn babies in abortions. Earlier this month, he told Fox News that abortion “is an issue for the states,” and he does not believe the federal government should be involved.
His comments on abortion begin at 1:26:37 of the video below.
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Other candidates who have announced Republican presidential bids include former Presidential Donald Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, former North Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.
The American people do not support abortions up to birth, paid for with their tax dollars, which is the position of President Joe Biden. Numerous polls show strong public opposition to taxpayer funding for elective abortions and strong public support for laws that limit abortions, especially after the first trimester.
Lindsay Graham was counting on this effect when he was braying that the first thing the so-called post-Roe-reversal 'red wave' congress would do was a nationwide ban on abortion. He practically shouted it from rooftops.
The result was just what he and the deep state wanted -- it blunted the red-wave and saved the Senate for the Dems.
I wouldn't take anything the MSM says too seriously, but I think a lot of people who claim to be conservative choose their positions based on being "politically correct" in the sense that it is part of what you are expected to say to stay in good standing.
I wouldn't call it hypocrisy exactly, but I don't think a lot of people really examine what they really believe, deep down.
Are you really “pro life”?
No he's not, he is an American citizen born in Cincinnati. You have no legal argument to prove otherwise as evidenced in another thread discussing the same.
But if you persist, explain to me/us, how Bobby Jindal was able to run for president back in 2005? After all, his parents were immigrants from India also.....
He has dual citizenship. So does my granddaughter. So does every American who has a parent or two parents that were citizens of another country at the time of their birth in the United States.
FWIW, I’m not arguing that under current law Ramaswamy is not a “Natural Born Citizen” but he is a citizen of India. Unless he specifically has revoked that Citizenship. But he was born a citizen of the United States and a Citizen of India. That’s just a fact.
No he doesn't, more BS lies dude.
The Constitution of India does not allow the holding of Indian citizenship with that of a foreign country simultaneously.
At least you have now admitted that Vivek is a U.S. citizen...LOL!
With that being said, I find it ironic that no one on the far left has ever brought up the issue of citizenship regarding the candidacy of both Bob Jindal and Vivek Ramaswamy. And yet that it pops up here on a regular basis. One wonders what the motivation for that is?
No thanks, we ought not to sacrice human beings in America!
Every person is created in God's image: female & male babies included.
I stand corrected.
Thanks.
When does life begin?.
I find it fascinating that all the Freepers making excuses for Ramaswamy are unable or unwilling to state their position on when life begins.
If Congress passed a federal law prohibiting late term abortions and you were the President, would you sign it.
Would you even hesitate for a second?
Isn’t that sort of situation covered by the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
My understanding is that Indian does not allow dual citizenship.
So his being an American citizen makes him not a citizen of India.
People are just trying to rationalize their dislike of his ethnicity without actually saying it.
Yes I would.
In fact, didn’t George W. Bush sign such a law? I think there is already a federal law on that. As I recall the Supreme Court upheld that law.
Which if we use legal precedents as a guide, then this precedent gives us a precedent that federal laws on abortion are legal and permissible.
“Are you really “pro life”?”
I think so. However, as you seem to be ready to make up dubious legal interpretations and I’m not, I suppose that would be a “No” from you.
Do you object to a right to life amendment to the Constitution?
I was misinformed.
That’s the challenge with the abortion issue and constitutional protections. No birth certificate, no SS#. Just a name and a gleam in the eyes of the parents.
That would be great, but the 14th amendment already guarantees that right to life.
“Isn’t that sort of situation covered by the Civil Rights Act of 1964?”
I don’t think Ramaswamy agrees with the ancient ‘64 decree.
“. . . he told Fox News that abortion “is an issue for the states,” and he does not believe the federal government should be involved.””
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