JD Vance

And I think that the way to do that, at least my view, is to let the American people debate and talk about and argue about this issue and come to this decision on a state-by-state basis.

And again, California, Florida, Ohio, Alabama have different solutions to this particular problem.

But that's what we're trying to do, right?

People like me are trying to say, look –

I think life really matters.

And other people are trying to say, I think autonomy really matters.

And the truth is that 95% of Americans would probably say there's some way to strike the balance in the middle.

Where most of Europe has ended up here, and it's actually striking because you think of Europe, again, as a more socially liberal place than America.

Almost every place in Europe has ended up effectively where late-term abortion outside of cases of medical necessity is banned outright.

And then, you know, early stage abortion is allowed.

That's how most societies that democratically settle on this.

That's how they strike the balance.

I think my attitude is I'm running for vice president.

I'm not trying to tell you how to strike the right balance, but we want to preserve the right of states to make these decisions.

That's the autonomy value.

I get it, man.

I get it.

And I think that there is a very real and valid argument here that autonomy should take precedence here.

But I also think we're being honest.

There is an argument that life matters.