JD Vance of Ohio conceded that Republicans needed to do a better job of talking to women about the issue of abortion. Vance recalled growing up in a working-class family in which he knew “a lot of young women who decided to terminate those pregnancies.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) engaged in heated debate back and forth over reproductive rights and abortion, with Vance arguing that Republicans need to be better at “earning the American people’s trust back.

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said the Republican Party has to do a better job in "earning the American people's trust back" on the issue of abortion "where they frankly, just don't trust us." The big picture: The Republican vice presidential candidate sought to pivot to a more compassionate tone on the issue of abortion in the face of Minnesota Gov.