Here's where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on abortion
Reproductive rights are among the most discussed issues in the 2024 presidential election.
When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022, ending the constitutional guarantee for abortion access, the court left it up to individual states to decide on regulations.
Since then, 14 states have ceased nearly all abortion services and four states have enacted six-week bans, according to an ABC News tally. At the same time, some other states have moved to enshrine abortion rights.
While Republicans have called for a range of restrictions on abortion, Democrats have said they support abortion access and have called on Congress to codify Roe.
Here's a brief look at where the major presidential candidates stand on the issue.
Kamala Harris
After Roe was struck down, Harris led the Biden administration's charge to protect reproductive rights. She toured the country advocating for abortion access, including a first-of-its-kind visit to an abortion clinic for any vice president.
Harris has called on Congress to pass a law restoring protections to the right to abortion that were guaranteed by Roe, saying she would "proudly" sign it if it came to her desk.
When announcing her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, she praised his state for being the first in the country to pass a law codifying abortion rights after Roe was overruled.
She's been critical of abortion restrictions passed by Republican-led states in recent years and has tied the fall of Roe to Trump after he appointed three Supreme Court justices to the court who supported overruling the landmark abortion decision.
Donald Trump
Trump previously touted his support for abortion restrictions and his role in nominating three conservative Supreme Court justices, all of whom helped overrule Roe in a 5-4 vote.
Throughout this campaign, however, he's shifted his stance on some issues. Trump now says abortion should be a states' rights issue and rejects Republican calls to endorse a national abortion ban, after previously urging some level of restriction at the federal level in his tenure as president.
He declared that under his administration, the government or company insurance would be mandated to pay for all costs associated with in vitro fertilization or IVF. He did not give specifics on how the plan would work or be funded.
ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Libby Cathey, Abby Cruz, Hannah Demissie, Fritz Farrow, Lalee Ibssa, Soo Rin Kim, Nicholas Kerr, Will McDuffie, Kendall Ross and Kelsey Walsh contributed to this report.
