GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. | Donald Trump’s stand on abortion has been inconsistent, but his running mate says Trump would be a “pro-life president.”
Attendees wait for a campaign event for Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind. to begin in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, July 28, 2016. (Emily Rose Bennett/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., takes the stage with his wife Karen Pence during a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, July 28, 2016. (Emily Rose Bennett/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Supporters wait to meet Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., during a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, July 28, 2016. (Emily Rose Bennett/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., waves at the crowd with his wife Karen during a campaign event in Novi, Mich., Thursday, July 28, 2016. (Junfu Han/The Ann Arbor News via AP)
Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., addresses supporters during a campaign event in Novi, Mich., Thursday, July 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
A supporter photographs Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., after his campaign event in Novi, Mich., Thursday, July 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., takes photos with supporters during a campaign event in Novi, Mich., Thursday, July 28, 2016. (Junfu Han/The Ann Arbor News via AP)
Mike Pence is campaigning in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and he makes clear he opposes abortion. And the Indiana governor told a town hall rally Thursday, “I don’t apologize for it.”
Pence drew the ire of abortion rights advocates in March after he signed a law banning abortions that were being sought because of fetal genetic defects. That law has since been blocked pending the outcome of a court challenge.
Pence says Trump would appoint conservatives to the Supreme Court who would send the Roe v. Wade abortion ruling to the “ash heap of history.”
