![]() Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju wrote in a statement that she didn’t believe Trump’s comments in the video, calling him a “liar.” In another post, Trump wrote: “We cannot let our Country suffer any further damage by losing Elections on an issue that should always have been decided by the States, and now will be!”Ībortion rights supporters were highly critical. Trump wrote in another post: “I blame myself for Lindsey Graham, because the only reason he won in the Great State of South Carolina is because I Endorsed him!” When they do, they should proudly get on with helping Republicans to WIN ELECTIONS, rather than making it impossible for them to do so!” Trump rebuked Dannenfelser and Graham later Monday afternoon, writing on social media that they “should study the 10th Amendment and States’ Rights. Until he can garner the votes to move that bill through Congress, Graham wrote, he would press for a law “requiring abortion providers to administer anesthesia to an unborn child at fifteen weeks.” Senate Judiciary Committee, said he would continue to press for a 15-week nationwide abortion ban with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the pregnant patient. Lindsey Graham also broke with Trump on the issue, writing in a statement that “the pro-life movement has always been about the wellbeing of the unborn child - not geography.” “If successful, they will wipe out states’ rights.” “Saying the issue is ‘back to the states’ cedes the national debate to the Democrats who are working relentlessly to enact legislation mandating abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy,” Dannenfelser wrote. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser wrote in a statement the organization is “deeply disappointed in President Trump’s position” and reiterated the Supreme Court’s “Dobbs decision clearly allows both states and Congress to act.” “And that is only going to get worse.” ‘Deeply disappointed’Īnti-abortion organizations immediately expressed frustration with Trump’s most recent campaign stance, while reproductive rights organizations questioned its truthfulness. “Because of Donald Trump, one in three women in America already live under extreme and dangerous bans that put their lives at risk and threaten doctors with prosecution for doing their jobs,” Biden added. “Women are being turned away from emergency rooms, forced to go to court to seek permission for the medical attention they need, and left to travel hundreds of miles for health care,” Biden wrote. President Joe Biden wrote in a statement released by his reelection campaign that “Trump once said women must be punished for seeking reproductive health care - and he’s gotten his wish.” Several other states, including Arizona and Florida, are likely to have abortion access questions on this November’s ballot, alongside the choice for president and representation in both chambers of Congress. In the last two years, voters in a number of states have approved ballot questions that bolstered support for abortion access, including those in Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio. The shift in his policy platform less than seven months before Election Day could be viewed as an effort by Trump to appeal to centrist Republicans and swing voters, especially women, as Democrats have sought to rally supporters behind reproductive rights. Trump’s video is a departure from comments he’s made on the campaign trail that he would support a 16-week nationwide ban. ![]() Trump said he supports exceptions to abortion bans to allow pregnancy terminations in cases of rape, incest and the life of the pregnant patient. ![]() You must follow your heart, or in many cases your religion or your faith.” “At the end of the day, this is all about the will of the people. ![]() “Many states will be different, many will have a different number of weeks, or some will have more conservative than others, and that’s what they will be,” he added. In this case, the law of the state,” Trump said in a nearly five-minute video he posted to social media. “My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote, or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced a shift in his views on abortion laws Monday, releasing a video advocating for state legislatures to make those decisions, not Congress - and was immediately met with strong criticism from an influential anti-abortion group that said it should remain a national debate.
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