Trump’s speech makes for difficult listening, not least for his emotive, anti-choice propaganda designed to whip up fervour, dismantle support for reproductive rights and further his own political agenda.

But as Planned Parenthood pointed out in a blog post dispelling the myths in Trump’s speech, associating late-term abortions with the issue of infanticide shows a grotesque disregard for the women and families undergoing abortion care later in their pregnancies, who often do so in exceptional and challenging circumstances, such as when the fetus will not survive, or the mother’s health or life is in grave danger.

“Women and families in these situations face devastating decisions,” the statement reads. “They deserve our compassion and support - not our judgment and certainly not politicians telling them what to do.

More to the point, a woman’s reproductive rights should never be up for debate, not now, and especially not for political gain. Abortion care may be a hot topic in the presidential race, but life-changing healthcare decisions ultimately fall to women and their families. It’s about time Trump realised that.

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“No, Donald Trump, abortion care is not the same as execution”