During the debate, the former president used the phrase “execute the baby” to attack Kamala Harris for her support of abortion rights.

Let’s understand how we got here,” Kamala Harris began on Tuesday night, and thus launched three minutes of the most searing defense of reproductive rights we have ever seen in a presidential debate.

Kamala Harris has been a leading voice on reproductive rights, and wants Congress to pass a national law codifying access to safe abortion.

Deception is their business model, and has been since the beginning,” said Jenifer McKenna, an expert on the centers and cofounder of the Massachusetts Abortion Truth Campaign.

Missouri's high court ruled to keep a ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights on the ballot in November.

When President Joe Biden had given bumbling remarks about abortion on the debate stage, it was widely viewed as a missed opportunity — a failure, even — on a powerful and motivating issue for Democrats at the ballot box.

Eye on Politics reporter Jack Fink spoke about the debate with Republican Michael Williams and Democrat Kim Olson. Like the candidates, they butted heads over illegal immigration but were the most passionate about the abortion issue and whether it was right to overturn Roe v Wade.

Former President Donald Trump says he would not sign a federal abortion ban, insisting that a ban would not pass Congress anyway.

Abortion quickly emerged as a flashpoint in the first presidential debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

As the debate concluded, it was clear that abortion rights will remain a central issue in the 2024 campaign. Recent polling from the Wall Street Journal shows support for abortion access at a new high, with 64% of voters saying abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

The abortion issue is still very much alive in Oklahoma. Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris had something to say at the debate.