Trump says states should decide abortion laws and doesn’t endorse national ban – live
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Republican presidential nominee says ‘will of the people’ in each state should decide abortion lawsDonald Trump says each US state should determine abortion lawAnti-abortion groups have slammed Trump’s stance on abortion, signaling the stark divide on the issue in GOP circles.Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B Anthony Pro-Life America, said she was “deeply disappointed” in Trump’s position, in a statement to X.We are deeply disappointed in President Trump’s position. Unborn children and their mothers deserve national protections and national advocacy from the brutality of the abortion industry…Saying the issue is ‘back to the states’ cedes the national debate to Democrats who are working relentless to enact legislation mandating abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy….An old saying goes: “watch what they do, not what they say.” Donald Trump is singularly responsible for the overturning of Roe & ripping away women’s freedoms—& he “proudly” takes credit for it. He’d sign a national abortion ban into law—no matter how much he tries to deny it. Continue reading...