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

Trump and Harris have talked about their stances on abortion and what the future might hold for abortion access if elected in the 2024 presidential election.

Scrambling to shelter himself on abortion, Donald J. Trump disavowed his running mate’s pledge that, if re-elected, the former president would veto a national abortion ban.

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.

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

Harris conveyed the dire medical situations women have found themselves in since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion in 2022.

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

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

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

For abortion rights groups, the ballot strategy may be near its end. Only 17 states allow citizens to put amendments in front of voters. If the groups succeed in November, there will be only three states among those — Arkansas, North Dakota and Oklahoma — that ban abortion.

Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes will go a long way for either Harris or Trump as they aim to reach the 270-electoral vote threshold to win.