Donald Trump's decision to leave the abortion matter to individual states backfires as the Arizona Supreme Court upholds a near-total abortion ban, putting the issue at the forefront and benefiting President Biden and Democrats.
Donald Trump hoped to sidestep the abortion debate by suggesting he would turn the matter over to individual states, rather than having Congress and the president impose a nationwide ban. But instead of deflecting, Trump's move tied him even closer to the issue by placing his political fate in the hands of judges and state lawmakers willing to go far beyond where most voters stand. It didn’t take long to see that dynamic, and its consequences, play out.
But after months of musing over whether to support a national ban and at what stage of pregnancy — 15, 16 weeks? — Trump landed on a perceived middle ground. States should decide the issue, the former president said, not lawmakers in Washington. That disappointed some of the most ardent abortion foes, among them Trump's estranged ex-vice president, Mike Pence, who called it 'a slap in the face to ... millions of pro-life Americans.
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