President Donald Trump has picked Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) to be his running mate and, in doing so, has chosen someone who believes people simply need to reframe the way they think about forcing women to stay pregnant because its about the baby.

In a 2021 interview with Spectrum News, Vance was asked if he believes a woman should be forced to carry a baby to term after she has been a victim of rape or incest.

The Ohio Republican suggested the framing of the question was flawed.

Its not whether a woman should be forced to bring a child to term, its whether a child should be allowed to live, even though the circumstances of that childs birth are somehow inconvenient or a problem to the society, Vance said. The question really, to me, is about the baby.

The vice presidential nominee hasnt been shy about his strong anti-abortion views. He has an A+ rating on SBA Pro-Life Americas pro-life scorecard of lawmakers. In the same 2021 Spectrum interview, Vance said he doesnt think abortion laws should allow for exceptions for rape and incest because, he said, two wrongs dont make a right.

But for all the extreme anti-abortion rhetoric being thrown around by Republicans as election season picks up, Vances 2021 comments still manage to stand out, even if theyve gotten a bit buried.

Vance is simply saying the quiet part out loud that women are non-entities that plenty of other anti-abortion Republicans agree with but are delicately trying to dance around .