Abortion rights will get their own section in the debate. In opinion polls, voters have considered the abortion issue to be one of the most important election topics, along with the economy and immigration.
Abortion rights have been a politically hot issue in the United States for decades, and the controversy got more rounds in 2022 when the country’s Supreme Court overturned universal abortion rights.
Harris is pushing to restore universal abortion rights at the federal level, but he would not be able to enact such a law as president without the support of a majority in Congress.
Trump has balanced his position on abortion more than Harris. Before the start of his political career, Trump, who had a positive attitude to abortion rights, has taken credit for the fact that the conservative majority Supreme Court overturned universal abortion rights nationwide. According to Trump, it is better that each state can decide its own abortion policy.
However, Trump has been behind the scenes since the Supreme Court’s decision, worried that the repeal of universal abortion rights will benefit the Democrats in the elections.
During his election campaign, Trump has often given vague answers about his abortion line.
In August, Trump criticized his home state of Florida’s strict abortion law, which prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Trump’s speeches were criticized by several groups that have a negative attitude towards abortion, after which Trump said he was against changing Florida’s abortion law in a looser direction.
In opinion polls, Harris’s more permissive line on abortion rights has been more popular than Trump’s line. Consistently in polls, slightly more than half of the voters have answered that they trust Harris more as a caretaker of abortion policy.