Harris accuses Trump of spreading 'web of lies' about abortion

Agence France-Presse in Philadelphia

Published yesterday at 10:10 p.m. Updated yesterday at 10:19 p.m.

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The issue of abortion was the subject of a marked exchange of words between the two candidates for the American presidency during their first debate on Tuesday, with the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, accusing her Republican rival, Donald Trump, of spreading a “web of lies” on the subject.

“I warned that we were going to hear a bunch of lies, and it’s not really a surprise. You have to understand what we have here: Donald Trump hand-picked three members of the Supreme Court knowing that they would end protection [for abortion rights across the United States] and they did exactly what they expected,” the Democratic candidate said.

Ms. Harris also said the Democratic candidate was being “insulting to women” by claiming that women could have abortions close to term.

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“Nowhere in America is a woman going to go to term to ask for an abortion. That never happens.” “It's insulting to the women of America,” she insisted.

The American vice president then launched into a vigorous plea denouncing the consequences on the lives of American women of the cancellation, in June 2022, of the Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed the right to abortion throughout the United States.

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In the past, former President Trump has boasted that, through his appointment of three conservative justices to the Supreme Court, he helped to overturn the ruling.

But in the face of repeated criticism from Democrats and the support of a majority of public opinion for the right to abortion, he is now careful to present himself as a defender of “reproductive rights.”

The issue of protecting the right to abortion is central to the duel between Trump and Harris, who continues to denounce the Republican's about-faces.

The latter is also accused by conservatives of having betrayed the anti-abortion movement by adjusting his position on this key issue of the election.