Former President Donald Trump has pushed back against claims he wants to monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute them for illegal abortions.
“I never said, ‘Some states may choose to monitor women’s pregnancies because they could prosecute them for violating abortion bans.’ This is the Democratic Party and the Fake News Media. This was fabricated by President Trump. About the true society Sunday.
But President Trump has not indicated he intends to block states from taking action against pregnant women.
The statement comes as the former president attempts to walk a fine line on the abortion issue without ostracizing moderate women or angering his conservative anti-abortion rights base. .
The claim stems from an interview President Trump gave to Time magazine published last week, in which he was asked whether states “should monitor women’s pregnancies.”
“I think they might do that. Again, you have to talk to the individual states. You know, Roe v. Wade was all about bringing that back to America.” President Trump said this in the interview..
He was quickly criticized by Democratic Party leaders and several media outlets, who interpreted his remarks to mean states would not stop testing women for pregnancy.
Last week, Vice President Kamala Harris toured Jacksonville, Florida, highlighting the 45th president’s comments.
“Just in an interview this week, [Trump] “States have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these prohibitions, and states have the right to punish pregnant women who seek abortion care,” she said.
Her husband, Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, plans to convene a committee to discuss abortion during a visit to Atlanta on Tuesday.
President Trump is trying to navigate the messy politics of abortion, grappling with conservatives who want to sharply restrict the procedure to protect unborn children and public opposition to a total ban.
Last month, the former president announced that he does not support a federal abortion ban and would defer to states.
President Trump reiterated this on Sunday.
“After 50 years, abortion is now up to each state, and that’s what Republicans and Democrats, as well as every legal scholar and expert, wanted it to be,” he added.
“It’s all working, there’s no going back to the federal government, and our country will soon begin to come together on this long and contentious issue.
“At the same time, no one wants abortions at seven, eight, nine months, or executions at birth, as is the case in some states. The former Democratic governor of Virginia said:, allowed. ”
Notably, even though President Trump last month said he wanted to delegate abortion to each state, he also recommended a near-total abortion ban in Arizona, which the state legislature recently moved to reverse. That’s what happened.
Democrats see abortion as an Achilles heel for President Trump and the Republican Party ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election.
For example, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested that abortion will become a major rallying cry for Democrats going forward.
“If Roe v. Wade can be lost, anything can be lost. Social Security can collapse. Medicare can collapse. Voting rights can go down. And God help us all, but democracy itself could collapse.”Jeffries He told CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
By appointing three conservative justices to the Supreme Court, President Trump famously chose to overturn the precedent first established in Roe v. Wade, which ultimately guaranteed the public’s right to abortion. is.
However, the Trump campaign has expressed optimism about the former president’s prospects for returning to the White House.
On Saturday, the Trump campaign and Republican National Committee announced that total fundraising for April exceeded $76 million. $65.6 million March.
The revenue figure is still lower than the $90 million figure President Biden’s operation announced in March.
“President Donald J. Trump is not only winning in every battleground state, he is also raising the resources he needs to deliver victory in November,” said senior Trump campaign advisers Chris Lacivita and Susie Wiles. I’m doing it,” he said.
“Half of the funds raised came from small donors, and it’s clear that our base is energized. The Republican Party is united, and voters across the country are determined to remove Joe Biden from office. We are ready to elect Donald J. Trump as President.”
