Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would veto a federal ban on abortion if he were elected again.
“Everyone knows that I would not support a federal abortion ban under any circumstances, and in fact would veto it, because it is up to the states to decide based on the will of their voters (the will of the people!),” Trump wrote in a post in all caps on his Truth Social platform during the CBS vice-presidential debate between his running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
“Like Ronald Reagan before me, I fully support the three exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother,” Trump continued.
The GOP nominee has repeatedly said he would not sign a federal abortion ban, but during last month’s ABC debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, he did not commit to vetoing such a ban and instead argued that “ I wouldn’t have to do that.”
When he was asked during the debate about Vance telling NBC News that the former president would veto such legislation, Trump said he had not spoken to Vance about it, saying, “I don’t think he was speaking for me.”
Abortion has been a key foil in the 2024 race, with Harris enjoying a clear advantage on the issue. This partially fueled her lead among women voters in swing states. Democrats have made abortion rights a prominent part of their messaging this year, pointing to state restrictions made possible by Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices voting with the majority to overturn in 2022 the court ruling that allowed termination of pregnancies decades ago in the United States. USA.
Democrats have performed strongly in elections where abortion has taken center stage since the Supreme Court decision, and abortion rights advocates have won a series of state ballot measures on the issue, even in deeply Republican states.
Trump recently began portraying himself as a “protector” of women, claiming that American women will not “think about abortion” if he is elected.
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