Trump is consistently inconsistent on abortion and reproductive rights
Donald Trump has had a tough time finding a consistent message to questions about abortion and reproductive rights.
The former president has constantly shifted his stances or offered vague, contradictory and at times nonsensical answers to questions on an issue that has become a major vulnerability for Republicans in this year's election. Trump has been trying to win over voters, especially women, skeptical about his views, especially after he nominated three Supreme Court justices who helped overturn the nationwide right to abortion two years ago.
The latest example came this week when the Republican presidential nominee said some abortion laws are 바카라 게임 웹사이트too tough바카라 게임 웹사이트 and would be 바카라 게임 웹사이트redone.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s going to be redone,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said during a Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 town hall that aired Wednesday. 바카라 게임 웹사이트They바카라 게임 웹사이트re going to, you바카라 게임 웹사이트re going to, you end up with a vote of the people. They바카라 게임 웹사이트re too tough, too tough. And those are going to be redone because already there바카라 게임 웹사이트s a movement in those states.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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 바카라 게임 웹사이트redone.바카라 게임 웹사이트
He also seemed to be contradicting his own stance when referencing the strict abortion bans passed in Republican-controlled states since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Trump recently said he would vote against a constitutional amendment on the Florida ballot that is aimed at overturning the state바카라 게임 웹사이트s 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 the majority of Americans who support abortion rights.
About 6 in 10 Americans think their state should generally allow a person to obtain a legal abortion if they don바카라 게임 웹사이트t want to be pregnant for any reason, according to a July poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Voters in seven states, including some conservative ones, have either protected abortion rights or defeated attempts to restrict them in statewide votes over the past two years.
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Trump also has been repeating the narrative that he returned the question of abortion rights to states, even though voters do not have a direct say 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 바카라 게임 웹사이트 before many women know they바카라 게임 웹사이트re pregnant.
Meanwhile, anti-abortion groups and their Republican allies in state governments are using an array of strategies to counter proposed ballot initiatives in at least eight states this year.
Here's a breakdown of Trump's fluctuating stances on reproductive rights.
Flip-flopping on Florida
On Tuesday, Trump claimed some abortion laws are 바카라 게임 웹사이트too tough바카라 게임 웹사이트 and would be 바카라 게임 웹사이트redone.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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 seemed to indicate he would vote in favor of the measure. Trump previously called Florida's six-week ban a 바카라 게임 웹사이트terrible mistake바카라 게임 웹사이트 and too extreme. In an April Time magazine interview, Trump repeated that he 바카라 게임 웹사이트thought six weeks is too severe.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Trump on vetoing a national ban
Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s latest flip-flopping has involved his views on a national abortion ban.
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.바카라 게임 웹사이트
This came just weeks after Trump repeatedly declined to say during the presidential debate with Democrat Kamala Harris whether he would veto a national abortion ban if he were elected.
Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, said in an interview with NBC 온라인 바카라 게임 before the presidential debate that Trump would veto a ban. In response to debate moderators prompting him about Vance바카라 게임 웹사이트s statement, Trump said: 바카라 게임 웹사이트I didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t discuss it with JD, in all fairness. And I don바카라 게임 웹사이트t mind if he has a certain view, but I don바카라 게임 웹사이트t think he was speaking for me.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트Pro-choice바카라 게임 웹사이트 to 15-week ban
Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s shifting abortion policy stances began when the former reality TV star and developer started flirting with running for office.
He once called himself 바카라 게임 웹사이트very pro-choice.바카라 게임 웹사이트 But before becoming president, Trump said he 바카라 게임 웹사이트would indeed support a ban,바카라 게임 웹사이트 according to his book 바카라 게임 웹사이트The America We Deserve,바카라 게임 웹사이트 which was published in 2000.
In his first year as president, he said he was 바카라 게임 웹사이트pro-life with exceptions바카라 게임 웹사이트 but also said 바카라 게임 웹사이트there has to be some form of punishment바카라 게임 웹사이트 for women seeking abortions 바카라 게임 웹사이트 a position he quickly reversed.
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 in March 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 prosecute women for abortions or to monitor women's pregnancies.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The states are going to make that decision,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Trump said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The states are going to have to be comfortable or uncomfortable, not me.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Democrats have seized on the comments he made in 2016, saying 바카라 게임 웹사이트there has to be some form of punishment바카라 게임 웹사이트 for women who have abortions.
Trump also declined to comment on access to the abortion pill mifepristone, claiming that he has 바카라 게임 웹사이트pretty strong views바카라 게임 웹사이트 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 the Comstock Act, a 19th century law that has been revived by anti-abortion groups seeking to block the mailing of mifepristone.
Views on IVF
Trump has offered contradictory statements on in vitro fertilization.
During the Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 town hall, which was taped Tuesday, Trump declared that he is 바카라 게임 웹사이트the father of IVF,바카라 게임 웹사이트 despite acknowledging during his answer that he needed an explanation of IVF in February after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law.
Trump said he instructed Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., to 바카라 게임 웹사이트explain IVF very quickly바카라 게임 웹사이트 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 at odds with the actions 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 have been undercut by GOP state lawmakers, Republican-dominated courts and anti-abortion leaders within the party바카라 게임 웹사이트s ranks, as well as opposition to legislative attempts to protect IVF access.