Fact-Check: JD Vance’s Debate Claims on Botched Abortions, Catholic Nuns Are Correct

CLAIM: JD Vance claimed Walz signed a bill removing a requirement for doctors to provide life-saving care to babies who survive botched abortions. He also claimed that Kamala Harris supports suing Catholic nuns to violate their freedom of conscience.

VERDICT: TRUE. Walz signed a bill in 2023 that stripped the state’s requirement to “preserve the life and health” of an infant born alive in botched abortions and replaced it with a broader requirement for “care.”