Christian Leaders React After Vance Says Trump Would Veto Federal Ban on Abortion If Elected

“Several weeks ago I posted that Trump never was pro life but only wanted Roe overturned so that it would no longer be a ‘culture war’ issue for Presidential (sic) elections,” wrote Texas Pastor Tom Buck. “He believed the issue of abortion was hindering Republicans from being elected. The response here supports that.”

“JD Vance (sic) says that President Trump would veto any abortion ban that came across his desk. This includes vetoing a proposed ban on late term abortion when the unborn baby feels pain,” said Denny Burk, president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. “Horrific.”

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“Racist segregationists argued the same ‘states rights’ arguments against federally mandated civil rights,” argued Florida Pastor Danny Slavich. “But if abortion is a moral evil that violates the image of God (as racism does), then justice calls for a federal ban on abortion.”

“Let’s let go of any pretense that Vance has real convictions of any kind,” wrote Mike Cosper, director of Christianity Today’s CT Media. “His turn to Trumpism after Hillbilly Elegy was pure opportunism, and following Trump on this policy proves him utterly hollow and vapid.”

Pro-life activist Lila Rose wrote, “If you don’t stand for pro-life principles, you don’t get pro-life votes.”

While Andrew T. Walker, an ethics professor for the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, said on Friday that “Donald Trump is doing spectacularly at creating reasons to lose,” he argued in a post on Monday that the question of vetoing a federal abortion ban is “largely irrelevant.”

“Trump-Vance are wrong on abortion and wrong on the veto topic. Yet, we should be clear-eyed about something: No side has the votes at the federal level to make any of their wishes come true,” Walker wrote. “Even if the filibuster were gone, there wouldn’t even be 50 Republican votes for federal legislation since many Republicans take a federalist approach.”

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“This is not to discount the importance of the conversation or the error of Trump-Vance trying to sidestep the issue, but the federal legislation angle is largely irrelevant,” Walker added. “A lot of justified moral concern belies legislative reality.”