“Video shows Donald Trump believes “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions.”
What PolitiFact found
Trump said this in 2016 but walked it back the same day. Biden’s ad comes 7 years later and leaves the impression that Trump stood by the remark. We found no evidence he supports penalties for women who have abortions.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (President of the United States) made this claim around 25 August 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 September 2023, 26 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.