Title: PolitiFact | Do Democrats support abortion up until (and after) birth?
Headings: Says Democrats are embracing “abortion up until the moment of birth and even, horrifically, after that.”
Says Democrats are embracing “abortion up until the moment of birth and even, horrifically, after that.”
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Content: PolitiFact | Do Democrats support abortion up until (and after) birth? Ted Cruz
stated on February 24, 2020 in a speech: Says Democrats are embracing “abortion up until the moment of birth and even, horrifically, after that.” Abortion
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz speaks at a Veterans Day Ceremony in Pflugerville, Texas [RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL / AMERICAN-STATESMAN]
By Madlin Mekelburg February 27, 2020
Do Democrats support abortion up until (and after) birth? If Your Time is short
Cruz's statement is based on an inaccurate characterization of a bill considered in Virginia's House of Delegates, which would have changed requirements needed before doctors could perform an aboriton during the third-trimester of pregnancy. In Virginia, abortions are allowed at this late point if three physicians certify that a continued pregnancy is likely to result in the death of the woman. The author of the bill, which was unsuccessful, said her proposed changes would not allow an abortion to be performed on a woman during a live birth. Any attempt at aborting or killing an infant after birth is illegal. See the sources for this fact-check
In the latest push from Republicans to advance a federal ban on abortion after 20 weeks and a requirement for doctors to treat infants born after an attempted abortion, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, spoke in favor of the efforts from the Senate floor. In his remarks, Cruz urged his Democratic colleagues to support these kinds of "common sense propositions," a departure from the party’s "extreme" position on abortion.