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The former president has his stances or offered vague, contradictory and at times nonsensical answers to questions on an issue that has become for Republicans in this year's election. Trump has been trying to win over voters, , skeptical about his views, especially after he nominated three Supreme Court justices who helped overturn the nationwide right to abortion two years ago.
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Trump did not specify if he meant he would take some kind of action if he wins in November, and he did not say which states or laws he was talking about. He did not elaborate on what he meant by 69制片厂制作传媒渞edone.69制片厂制作传媒
He also seemed to be contradicting his own stand when referencing the strict abortion bans passed in Republican-controlled states since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Trump recently said he would a constitutional amendment on the Florida ballot that is aimed at overturning the state69制片厂制作传媒檚 six-week abortion ban. That decision came after he had criticized the law as too harsh.
Trump has shifted between boasting about nominating the justices who helped strike down federal protections for abortion and trying to appear more neutral. It's been an attempt to thread the divide between his base of anti-abortion supporters and who support abortion rights.
About Americans think their state should generally allow a person to obtain a legal abortion if they don69制片厂制作传媒檛 want to be pregnant for any reason, according to a July poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Voters , including some conservative ones, have either protected abortion rights or defeated attempts to restrict them in statewide votes over the past two years.
Trump also has been repeating the narrative that he returned the question of abortion rights to states, even though on that or any other issue in about half the states. This is particularly true for those living in the South, where Republican-controlled legislatures, many of which have been gerrymandered to give the GOP disproportionate power, have enacted some of the strictest abortion bans since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Currently, 13 states have banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy, while four more ban it after six weeks 69制片厂制作传媒 before many women know they69制片厂制作传媒檙e pregnant.
Meanwhile, anti-abortion groups and their Republican allies in state governments are using to counter in at least eight states this year.
Here's a breakdown of Trump's fluctuating stances on reproductive rights.
Flip-flopping on Florida
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But in August, Trump said he would vote against a state ballot measure that is attempting to repeal the six-week abortion ban passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
That came a day after he he would vote in favor of the measure. Trump previously called Florida's six-week ban a and too extreme. In an April , Trump repeated that he 69制片厂制作传媒渢hought six weeks is too severe.69制片厂制作传媒
Trump on vetoing a national ban
Trump69制片厂制作传媒檚 latest flip-flopping has involved his
During the Oct. 1 vice presidential debate, Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social that he would veto a national abortion ban: "Everyone knows I would not support a federal abortion ban, under any circumstances, and would, in fact, veto it.69制片厂制作传媒
This came just weeks after to say during the presidential debate with Democrat Kamala Harris whether he would veto a national abortion ban if he were elected.
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Trump69制片厂制作传媒檚 shifting abortion policy stances began when the former reality TV star and developer started flirting with running for office.
He once called himself 69制片厂制作传媒渧ery pro-choice.69制片厂制作传媒 But before becoming president, Trump said he 69制片厂制作传媒渨ould indeed support a ban,69制片厂制作传媒 according to his book 69制片厂制作传媒淭he America We Deserve,69制片厂制作传媒 which was published in 2000.
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At the 2018 annual March for Life, Trump voiced support for a federal ban on abortion on or after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
More recently, Trump suggested that he might support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks before announcing that he instead would leave the matter to the states.
Views on abortion pills, prosecuting women
In the Time interview, Trump said it should be left up to the states to decide whether to for abortions or to monitor women's pregnancies.
69制片厂制作传媒淭he states are going to make that decision,69制片厂制作传媒 Trump said. 69制片厂制作传媒淭he states are going to have to be comfortable or uncomfortable, not me.69制片厂制作传媒
Democrats have the comments he made in 2016, saying 69制片厂制作传媒渢here has to be some form of punishment69制片厂制作传媒 for women who have abortions.
Trump also on access to , claiming that he has 69制片厂制作传媒減retty strong views69制片厂制作传媒 on the matter. He said he would make a statement on the issue, but it never came.
Trump responded similarly when asked about his views on , a 19th century law that has been revived by anti-abortion groups seeking to block the mailing of mifepristone.
IVF and contraception
In May, Trump said during an interview with a Pittsburgh television station that he was and that his campaign would release a policy on the issue 69制片厂制作传媒渧ery shortly.69制片厂制作传媒 He later said his comments were misinterpreted.
In the KDKA interview, Trump was asked, 69制片厂制作传媒淒o you support any restrictions on a person69制片厂制作传媒檚 right to contraception?69制片厂制作传媒
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Trump has not since released a policy statement on contraception.
Trump also has offered contradictory statements on
During the Fox News town hall, which was taped Tuesday, Trump declared that he is 69制片厂制作传媒渢he father of IVF,69制片厂制作传媒 despite acknowledging during his answer that he needed an explanation of IVF in February after that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law.
Trump said he instructed Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., to 69制片厂制作传媒渆xplain IVF very quickly69制片厂制作传媒 to him in the aftermath of the ruling.
As concerns over access to fertility treatments rose, Trump pledged to promote IVF by requiring health insurance companies or the federal government to pay for it. Such a move would be of much of his own party.
Even as the Republican Party has tried to create a national narrative that it is receptive to IVF, these messaging efforts by GOP state lawmakers, Republican-dominated courts and anti-abortion leaders within the party69制片厂制作传媒檚 ranks, as well as to protect IVF access.
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