Highlights from the Vance-Walz vice presidential debate

The two men on stage shared women's personal stories and answered questions about how their government would handle abortion.

Walz spoke about Amanda Zurwaski, a Texan who was denied an abortion despite a life-threatening infection, and Hadley Duval, who was 12 when she was raped and impregnated by her stepfather. He also suggested that Amber Thurman, a Georgia woman who reportedly died in 2022 after waiting hours for an emergency room to treat her complications from taking abortion pills.

Highlighting Minnesota's law protecting abortion rights, Walz said, “There is a very real chance that Amber Thurman would still be alive today if she had lived in Minnesota.”

Meanwhile, Vance appeared to soften some of his abortion views in the debate. The vice presidential candidate said that growing up in Middletown, Ohio, he knew many women who had unwanted pregnancies and chose to have abortions.

A close friend, Vance, said, “A few years ago she told me that she felt like if she hadn't had that abortion, it would have destroyed her life because she was in an abusive relationship.”

Vance said he wants Republicans to provide “more opportunities” for women to raise families.