But now he is uncharacteristically reserved on the subject. He hopes to convince voters that he poses no further threat to abortion rights — even if they ignore the fact that abortion rights have disappeared in large parts of the country thanks to President Trump. I hope you will give it to me. Democrats must not tolerate this cynical ploy, which he admitted was orchestrated “to win the election.”
In a video posted to social media on Monday, President Trump said he believes it should be up to each state to decide whether and how to restrict abortion. He parrots some of the anti-abortion movement’s rhetoric about the value of life and tells outrageous lies that pro-choice activists support infanticide, but his point is that each state should decide for themselves.
Pro-life groups have urged President Trump to support the federal law, and in recent months it appeared that he might support a nationwide 15-week abortion ban. What prompted his change to his new position of “leaving it to the state”? I believe it has a lot to do with what’s going on in certain states in particular. It’s the state where President Trump holds court in a dilapidated mansion in Mar-a-Lago.
The story is that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (Republican) — a term coined by President Trump, “Ron DeSanctimonious” — wanted to be president, so he forced the Republican-controlled state legislature to impose a 15-week abortion ban. It starts with urging the passage of the bill.later Roe vs. Wade Mr. DeSantis, who really, really wanted to be president, got Congress to pass an even stricter six-week ban.
Neither measure takes immediate effect and is pending judicial review. Last week, the Florida Supreme Court, most of whose members were appointed by DeSantis, ruled in favor of the new restrictions. The 15-week ban currently in place in Florida will be replaced by a six-week ban until May 1st. The right to choose will effectively become a thing of the past in the nation’s third most populous state.
But perhaps in the future too. In a separate case, a Florida court approved a referendum on the November ballot that would restore abortion rights by enshrining them in the state constitution. From Trump’s perspective: Uh oh.
Since the end of Roe vs. Wade, a ballot measure to guarantee abortion rights has been approved everywhere it has appeared, even in deep red states like Kansas and Kentucky. In Ohio, residents voted down a near-total abortion ban by a landslide vote of 56.6% to 43.4% to protect the right to abortion up to approximately 24 weeks of fetal life. These referendums tend to draw large numbers of Democrats and pro-rights independents to the polls.
The race between President Biden and President Trump is expected to be decided in the usual battleground states: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina. But without Florida’s 30 electoral votes, Trump is considered to have no plausible path to victory. There is no guarantee that an abortion referendum would increase Democratic enthusiasm or turnout enough to actually sway the state. But even if voters in other red states are showing some signs, there’s no guarantee that won’t be the case.
Is there one thing that is guaranteed? President Trump’s attempts to distance himself from the abortion issue will not work.
As usual, he tries to have it both ways by taking credit for eliminating people. Roe vs. Wade While washing my hands of the results. It may work for some problems, but not for abortion. A state-by-state approach is not enough for activists who are staunchly opposed to abortion because they believe it is murder, and whose support is essential to Republican candidates, including Mr. Trump. One prominent group, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, has already said that President Trump’s new stance is “extremely” disappointing.
President Trump will need to explain to them why he opposes any national ban now. He can keep telling these supporters how proud he is of taking away women’s reproductive rights. But the rest of us, the majority who support abortion rights, will listen.
President Trump may stop talking about abortion altogether. His problem is that Biden won’t.
