3 prominent Republicans advocating for GOP to take softer stance on abortion
Donald Trump
Former President Donald Trump ran on a platform in 2016 and 2020 that called for a constitutional amendment to protect preborn children and a national abortion ban that allowed for some exceptions at 20 weeks of pregnancy.
While the former president has taken credit for appointing three U.S. Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, Trump has stated several times during the 2024 race that he believes the abortion issue should be left to the states. Trump has also criticized some Republicans for taking what he views as a strict stance against abortion, having referred to Florida’s six-week abortion ban that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law as “harsh.”
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During the CNN presidential debate earlier this month, Trump expressed support for the Supreme Court’s recent rejection of a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's approval of abortion pills. The 2024 presidential hopeful also clarified his position on abortion, saying that it’s up for the states to decide and that he supports exceptions in cases of rape, incest, or during a medical emergency to prioritize a mother's life.
The former president still condemned the Democratic Party’s position on abortion as “radical,” however. Trump said that Democrats support abortion "in the eighth month and ninth month and even after birth.”
“He’s willing to, as we say, rip the baby out of the womb in the ninth month and kill the baby,” Trump said about Biden. “Nobody wants that to happen, Democrat or Republican. Nobody wants it to happen.”
Samantha Kamman is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: samantha.kamman@christianpost.com. Follow her on Twitter: @Samantha_Kamman
