While most pro-choice politicians draw the line sometime during the first trimester, Fetterman has repeatedly suggested that abortion should be made available from conception right through to the end of the third trimester.
Throughout his political career, Pennsylvania lieutenant governor and Senate candidate John Fetterman has been consistent in his belief that abortion is a fundamental right of American women.
While most pro-choice politicians draw the line sometime during the first trimester, Fetterman has repeatedly suggested that abortion should be made available from conception right through to the end of the third trimester.
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During an interview with CNN's Kasie Hunt in May, Fetterman outlined his position.
"Do you support any restrictions on abortion?" Hunt asked.
"I don't," Fetterman replied, shaking his head when asked if that included the third trimester.
"I believe that choice is between a woman, her doctor, and a god if she prays to one," he suggested.
In September, he echoed those sentiments, adding that, "as a politician and a man, I don't have any input on that."
Fetterman has repeatedly contradicted that view, however, suggesting that the government should be involved in the abortion debate.
He has, for example, been a staunch critic of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a ruling which had for fifty years protected the rights of women across the country to terminate a pregnancy before viability.
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When pressed on the issue during an interview with NBC's Dasha Burns, Fetterman said Roe v. Wade "should have never fallen," and vowed to, if elected, remove the filibuster in order to codify access to abortion into national law.
"You say you wanna codify Roe v. Wade, which protects a woman's right to abortion before viability but allows states to enact abortion restrictions after that," Burns asked. "Do you wanna codify Roe v. Wade, or do you wanna leave the decision just between a woman and her doctor."
"I don't know how much clearer I can say it," Fetterman replied. "Roe v. Wade, Roe v. Wade. That's the way it should have been, that's the way it's been for the last fifty years, and that's the way it should be."
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