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Abortion · 2024-09-10

Democrats support executing babies after birth

False

Democrats support executing babies after birth.

Claimed by Donald Trump · Presidential debate (claim paraphrased) · 2024-09-10

What the evidence shows

Killing a child after birth is homicide, not abortion, and is illegal; the characterization of Democrats’ policy is false.

What happened next

Assessment describes the statement in its original dated context; later developments are not automatically incorporated.

Assessment notes

Claim wording is an editorial paraphrase, NOT a verbatim quotation. The linked contemporaneous fact-check documents the original statement and evaluates the evidence available at that time.

Last reviewed: 2026-11-03. Assessments can change as evidence develops.