Trump Privately Expresses Support for a 16-Week Abortion Ban

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

Former President Donald J. Trump has told advisers and allies that he likes the idea of a 16-week national abortion ban with three exceptions, in cases of rape or incest, or to save the life of the mother, according to two people with direct knowledge of Mr. Trump’s deliberations.

Mr. Trump has studiously avoided taking a clear position on restrictions to abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned in the middle of 2022, galvanizing Democrats ahead of the midterm elections that year. He has said in private that he wants to wait until the Republican presidential primary contest is over to publicly discuss his views, because he doesn’t want to risk alienating social conservatives before he has secured the nomination, the two people said.

Mr. Trump has approached abortion transactionally since becoming a candidate in 2015, and his current private discussions reflect that same approach.

One thing Mr. Trump likes about a 16-week federal ban on abortions is that it’s a round number. “Know what I like about 16?” Mr. Trump told one of these people, who was given anonymity to describe a private conversation. “It’s even. It’s four months.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/us/politics/trump-abortion-ban.html

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[Voltaire2]

1. More disingenuous bullshit from the NYT.

He put those extremists on the court. Allowing him to deniably walk that back is water carrying.

[SharonClark]

2. I couldn't agree more.

"Mr. Trump has studiously avoided taking a clear position on restrictions to abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned" is BS.

He crows about how great the the Supreme Court decision was and how he made it happen. These reporters are asleep at the wheel.

[Freethinker65]

3. The guy bragged about his court ending Roe now to pivot and pander for moderate votes

This will not work. If Trumps proposed federal law allows abortions up to 16 weeks, it could actually end up costing some of his core pro mandatory human breeding, fertile females are state property voters.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Trust Trump's word?

[Mawspam2]

5. We had a national abortion ban...

...it was called Roe.

Eat shit Donnie.

[Warpy]

6. After he gets his fat ass through medical school

plus internship and residency in OB-Gyn, he'll be qualified to open his big mouth.

For now, he needs to butt the fuck out and mind his own business---you know, all those indictments.

[Stuart G]

7. K and R ........ Thank You for posting this article!

[mwooldri]

8. There's something that should be aborted.

A national abortion ban is one thing that should be canned. Another thing that should be aborted should be Cheetolini's presidential aspirations. Though I think in this case he needs to carry them to term, only to be aborted in November 2024.