{"id":185929,"date":"2018-07-26T14:20:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T19:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=185929"},"modified":"2018-07-26T16:23:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T21:23:22","slug":"pence-roe-v-wade-overturned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pence-roe-v-wade-overturned\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President Mike Pence: ‘I do’ want Roe v. Wade overturned"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vice President Mike Pence has long been vocal about his opposition to abortion<\/a>, and on Tuesday<\/a>,\u00a0he confirmed that he still hopes to see Roe v. Wade overturned. However, he was unable to state whether he believes Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh would indeed vote to overturn Roe v. Wade – the decision that made abortion legal in 1973.<\/p>\n

“I stand for the sanctity of life,” he told CNN’s Dana Bash. “This administration, this President are pro-life, but what the American people ought to know is that, as the President said today, this is not an issue he discussed with Judge Kavanaugh, I didn’t discuss it with him either.”<\/p>\n

Bash asked Pence directly if he wants to see Roe v. Wade overturned to which Pence responded, “I do, but I haven’t been nominated to the Supreme Court.”<\/p>\n

READ: 7 facts about Trump\u2019s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Throughout the nation, there are currently a variety of abortion-related court cases<\/a> making their way through lower courts.\u00a0From when abortion should be allowed, to which abortion procedures can be used, to\u00a0whom specifically abortion can target, such as preborn children diagnosed with disabilities, these cases have the potential to reach the Supreme Court. If accepted by the Supreme Court justices, each case could become an opportunity for Roe v. Wade to be overturned.<\/p>\n