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Trump Claims He Won’t Sign a Federal Abortion Ban.
Why I think he’s absolutely lying.
Obviously, it should come as no surprise that the discourse surrounding reproductive rights and abortion have been at a fever pitch in recent years. It should come as no surprise considering the Supreme Court, with three Justices appointed by Donald Trump, made the decision to overturn the Roe vs Wade decision, and leave abortion essentially up to the states. Trump recently shared his thoughts, and echoed the right wing sentiment that abortion should be left up to the states.
And he weighed in again, this time saying he would not sign a federal abortion ban.
Steve Contorno and Kate Sullivan with CNN write:
“…Donald Trump said Wednesday he would not sign a national abortion ban if elected to the White House again, reversing a promise the former president made as a candidate in 2016 and stood by during his first term in office.
Trump’s latest shift on abortion is a remarkable position for a Republican presidential nominee and it is illustrative of Trump’s desire to make one of his greatest political liabilities disappear. It follows a lengthy statement released Monday in which Trump said that states and voters should decide how and when to restrict abortion but left unclear how far he would take that…
