Speaking Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press,” Trump repeatedly declined to say whether he would support a federal ban on abortion.
Posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, DeSantis campaign spokesman Bryan Griffin wrote of Trump: “If you want to appease Democrats, here’s your guy. If you want to defeat the Democrats in 2024, is the only choice.”
The Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade left the decision of whether and how to restrict abortion to the states, creating aacross the country, with most Republican-led states imposing new restrictions and states led by Democrats passing protections. Twenty-five million women of childbearing age now live in states where abortions are more difficult to get than before the ruling.
But in Iowa's first-in-the-nation Republican caucuses, evangelicals and other social conservatives who strongly oppose abortion make up the majority of those who participate and decide the winner. Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds this summerTrump has called himself the “the most pro-life president in American history" and noted that three of his Supreme Court picks formed part of the conservative majority that overturned Roe.
“It sounded completely out of step with his staunch support for life while he was president," he said.
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