Former President Donald Trump says in a new interview it should be left to the states whether to prosecute women for abortions or whether to monitor pregnancies.
He declined to comment on access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has been embroiled in an intense legal battle.
When asked if he would veto a bill that would impose a federal ban, he reiterated "it's about states rights" and said "there will never be that chance" because Republicans, even if they take back the Senate in November, would not have the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster and bring the bill to a vote.
"The states are going to make that decision," Trump said. "The states are going to have to be comfortable or uncomfortable, not me." The national anti-abortion group SBA Pro-Life America said in a statement that it was "disappointed in President Trump's position of relegating a human rights issue to the states." The organization also claimed Democrats would scrap the filibuster in order to "impose their agenda of abortion without limit on the entire country."
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has blamed Trump for a deluge of state abortion restrictions put into effect since the ruling two years ago. His campaign also has warned that a second Trump term could lead to nationwide abortion restrictions. Most recently, Biden blamed Trump for Florida's six-week abortion ban during campaign events in the state last week.
"There is zero doubt in my mind that Trump will choose anti-abortion extremists and their horrifying agenda over American families every single chance he gets," she said.
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