Trump vowed to make an announcement on abortion medication. It’s not coming anytime soon
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Former President Donald Trump is continuing to duck on questions about abortion access that Americans will face if he is elected — the latest involving the US Supreme Court’s case that could limit access to medication abortion.
Former President Donald Trump is continuing to duck on questions about abortion access that Americans will face if he is elected — the latest involving the US Supreme Court’s case that could limit access to medication abortion. Trump vowed on April 27 to release more details on how a future Trump administration would regulate the abortion pill mifepristone, telling Time Magazine he has “pretty strong views” on the issue and would be making an announcement “probably over the next week.” That announcement never came. And now his presidential campaign says they have no expectations for it come anytime soon, even as a decision in the case could come as early as Thursday, the court’s next opinion day. The evasion underscores the tightrope Trump continues to walk when it comes to abortion — an issue that has become a controversial flashpoint ahead of the 2024 election. Since launching his third bid for the White House, Trump has struggled to reckon with the political fallout from the overturning of Roe v. Wade, a sea change in the country’s abortion policy brought on by his makeover of the Supreme Court during his first term. “Looking at policy on that, it’s still an internal process, but I don’t expect anything prior to the court weighing in on it at this point,” one of Trump’s advisers said. “That type of announcement, I’d be surprised if that were to come in front of the court.” A second Trump adviser echoed that sentiment: “We’re gonna wait and see how everything shakes out with the courts.” The adviser added that there are “a lot of other issues that are just as important. We’ve got to focus on the economy, got to focus on immigration. There’s a lot of things that are happening.”
Filings from special counsel Jack Smith laying out never-before-seen evidence in the election subversion case against Donald Trump – including interview transcripts and notes from an investigation that counted among its witnesses former Vice President Mike Pence, Ivanka Trump and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows – are now in the hands of a federal court.