Opinion: Pro-lifers beware. Donald Trump is a fair-weather friend on … – Chattanooga Times Free Press
October 14, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.
by Cynthia M. Allen / The Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TNS)
If you feel confused about where Donald Trump now stands on abortion, you aren’t the only one.
His comment on “Meet the Press” last month that the heartbeat bill signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this year was “a terrible thing and a terrible mistake” left a lot of pro-lifers wondering if that was a swing at his closest Republican rival or a veiled shot at them.
“It could be a state ban, it could be a federal ban,” he replied when asked if he supported a federal ban.
Which he favored was not clear.
“There is a number, and there’s a number that’s going to be agreed to,” he continued, referring to the weeks’ or months’ gestation that such a ban might be set.
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