Trump says he wouldn’t sign federal abortion ban
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Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would not sign a federal abortion ban if one reached his desk were he to be reelected in November.
Donald Trump said Wednesday he would not sign a national abortion ban if elected president, reversing a promise the former president made as a candidate in 2016 and stood by during his first term in the White House. His 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 expressed states and voters should decide how and when to restrict abortion but left unclear how far he would take that approach. Appearing on a tarmac in Atlanta, Trump provided a more definitive answer. Asked if he would sign a national abortion ban if it passed Congress, Trump shook his head. “No.” “You wouldn’t sign it?” the reporter asked. “No,” Trump said again. The response came a day after Trump’s first term crusade to overturn Roe v. Wade crystalized in a battleground state critical to his third White House bid. In a stunning decision out of Arizona, the state Supreme Court there ruled Tuesday that the state must adhere to a 160-year-old law barring all abortions “except those necessary to save a woman’s life.” The law at the center of the ruling predates Arizona’s statehood.
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