Former President Donald Trump said abortion should be left to the states, avoiding taking a position on the number of weeks at which the procedure should be banned as he tries to navigate an issue that has animated Democrats.
“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,” Trump said Monday in a campaign video. “Many states will be different…At the end of the day, this is all about the will of the people.”
Trump’s stance is unlikely to please religious conservatives who want him to embrace tougher restrictions, and one prominent group quickly expressed its disappointment. And Democrats are certain to continue to blame him for the 2022 Supreme Court ruling that ended the constitutional right to the procedure.
Trump has taken credit for putting three conservative justices on the high court during his administration, and he thanked the court on Monday for “having the courage to allow this long term hard fought battle to finally end.”
He added: “This 50 year battle over Roe v. Wade took it out of the federal hands and brought it into the hearts, minds and vote of the people in each state.”
Biden spokesman Ammar Moussa said on X that by avoiding taking a position, “Donald Trump is endorsing every single abortion ban in the states, including abortion bans with no exceptions.”
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the antiabortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, expressed disappointment in Trump’s position, saying it ceded the national debate on abortion to Democrats. “If successful, they will wipe out states’ rights,” she said.
@CuriousTermiteVeteran1mo1MO
The Right is slamming Trump for refusing to ban abortion and the Left is slamming him as a unique threat, yet Trump is representing the American consensus on abortion—against a ban and firmly in support of exceptions for rape, incest & mother's health. Will of the people indeed.
To hell with the people's will when their will is to allow MURDER to happen!
Now do mRNA vaccines his will of the people on that was a huge mistake.
Did more harm than good with operation warp speed basically gave big pharma a blank check for faulty product.
Bad. Very bad.
You mean conservatives are self aware that decision makers who represent them are effectively progressives driving the speed limit. And this is why conservatives are bad, because they aren't more like libs? Cool story
Yeah I basically agree with the stance he's outlined here. and it is a lot more moderate than right-wing TV.
@PitifulSwanRepublican1mo1MO
Trump was a pro abortion Democrat until 2012.
@VettedVoteJohnDemocrat1mo1MO
@CaribouHarperRepublican1mo1MO
@GrudgingQuorumGreen1mo1MO
@ISIDEWITH1mo1MO
If the decision on abortion laws is left to the states, do you think this could lead to inequality among Americans in different states?
Yes, because it can create unfair opportunities for women to have abortions in different states.
@9LDS87M1mo1MO
abortion is bad after 3 months and but if it's rape or other it is the women's choice you band it women die with unsafe abortion keep women safe with safe abortion
Yes but i think if they want an abortion and it is banned in their current state they can travel to another to get the procedure done.
So weak.
Trump punts on the issue of pro-life and pledges to support whatever states decide, including blue states that will allow abortion until the moment of birth.
“Follow your heart” is a Hallmark card, not strong conservative principled policy.
@Qu0rumRhinoPatriot1mo1MO
If a politician gets the sanctity of human life wrong, how can I trust him to get much else right? If the Republican Party does not care about the God-given right to Life, I am not a Republican any more.
@ISIDEWITH1mo1MO
Considering Trump's stance not to specify a position on abortion timelines, do you believe leaders should explicitly state their views on such critical matters, or is it acceptable for them to defer to states' decisions?
@9LDS9TR1mo1MO
Considering one of the most famous things that was left to the states and how that went, the president(and other world leaders) should make decisions on important matters like that
@9LDRRVM1mo1MO
Abortion should be left to the states. if people want a different option, they can go to a different state.
@ISIDEWITH1mo1MO
Should deeply controversial issues like abortion be determined by the majority in each state, or should there be a uniform law across the entire country? Why?
@9LFHZ2F1mo1MO
Topics regarding a single person's body should not regard the government and should be up to the person themself. A majority vote should be held across the nation on the topic if a single decision must be adjorned.
@9LDRRCRLibertarian1mo1MO
The state more accurately shows the wants of their people rather than federal government who leaves many unsatisfied.
By repudiating a federal abortion ban, Trump has pivoted to the center on his most vulnerable issue. Meanwhile, Biden leaves the border wide open, refusing to moderate at all on his most vulnerable issue. If issues actually decide the election, it’s clear what should happen.
@LionHarperGreen1mo1MO
After Trump won the 2016 election (inveighing against "globalist" bankers and such) he immediately stocked his Administration with Goldman Sachs personnel. Just like Obama did after the 2008 election. There is a huge problem with Trump supporters not being aware of rational, factually-grounded criticisms of Trump because they systematically disbelieve everything coming out of the media (understandable, given the media's years-long crusade of hysteria) and because Conservative Media never does anything but slavishly kiss Trump's *** (or serve as his "Praetorian Guard," as Ron DeSantis accurately put it)
There are Trump cultists, and there are an increasing number of sober Trump backers who see his flaws. In the end, it really does feel like the will of the people that he be president again, MAYBE he can be pushed by his base. Biden, no hope of that. Lesser Evil Election.
@ChicE1ectionSocialist1mo1MO
It’s naïve at this stage to believe that any candidates from the two major parties is the lesser of two evils. What’s the metric? They’re all pro-Big Business, pro-war (the only question is , which one), pro-genocide, anti-worker. Red or Blue, the U.S. worker gets screwed.
@VengefulCicadaPatriot1mo1MO
It's no different than "oh I see this makes not banning AR-15s a winning issue?"
If Trump came out tomorrow and says he would ban bump stocks you'd agree.
We know because he did it. And I know you don't care.
I expect Trump to be as principled on abortion in his next term as president as he was on 2nd Amendment during his last
Oh, pound sand. Plenty of us were very vocal about this being a bad decision.
But I will be damned if I am going to sit around and wait for the perfect conservative to come along.
I will take the man who wants the fight. Warts and all.
I rejected the rest, not on their purity, but on their lack of pugilism.
@ISIDEWITH1mo1MO
How do you feel about the idea of individual states, rather than the federal government, deciding the laws on issues like abortion?
@9LDT3QF1mo1MO
I think that abortion should be illegal everywhere no matter where you are.
@9LDT2LSRepublican1mo1MO
each state should decide if they want it or not, at a certian point the states have to make regulation on it
@ISIDEWITH1mo1MO
If a state votes for stringent abortion laws that you deeply disagree with, how would that influence your thoughts about living in or moving to that state?
@9LDS3HL1mo1MO
I don't really know much on the situation
Like one hope that he will be disciplined and well focused like this going forward but it's hard with Trump.
But Trump have really big support among right wing that he will not lose and many people like DeSantis could never do this and get away with it.
This is why I detest democracy. Politicians who are popularly elected are spineless and have no principles but what can get the uneducated people to throw their support behind them. Trump doesn't believe in State's Rights – we've got like three people in the federal government who actually do: Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and Thomas Massie. Trump only supports State's Rights when it comes to allowing them to permit the industrialised butchery of the unborn within their borders, otherwise he, like 99% of politicians, doesn't give a darn. I would love someone who actually… Read more
@9LDZMZN1mo1MO
It is up for the States to decide. He doesn't need to give his position because he knows he'd be cancelled even further if he did.
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