Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he was leaning toward a 15-week national ban on abortion but supports exceptions for rape, incest and saving the life of the mother because \u201cyou have to win elections.\u201dAbortion promises to be a galvanizing issue for some women voters in the 2024 presidential election in which Trump will try to unseat Democratic President Joe Biden.The former Republican president, whose three right-wing appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court secured the majority needed to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022, has not been specific on whether he would sign a national ban into law.In a call-in radio interview on Tuesday, he came close.\u201cThe number of weeks now, people are agreeing on 15. And I\u2019m thinking in terms of that. And it\u2019ll come out to something that\u2019s very reasonable. But people are really, even hard-liners are agreeing, seems to be, 15 weeks seems to be a number that people are agreeing at,\u201d Trump said on the \u201cSid & Friends in the Morning\u201d show on WABC.He said he would make an announcement at the appropriate time.Trump said he backed exceptions to a ban on abortion when it involved rape, incest or saving the life of the mother, which he said the vast majority of Republicans support.Trump said he tells Republicans who push a harder line: \u201cHere\u2019s the problem, you have to win elections. And otherwise, you\u2019d be right back where you started.\u201dThe Biden campaign has taken aim at Republican curbs on reproductive rights in states after the Supreme Court overturned the Roe ruling that recognized a woman\u2019s constitutional right to abortion. Voter backlash was widely credited with limiting Republican gains in the congressional elections that followed.Republicans have issued restrictive abortion laws in nearly two dozen states since the Supreme Court reversal of abortion rights.Speaking to reporters in Florida on Tuesday as he voted in the state\u2019s primary, Trump was asked what he thought about a 16-week abortion ban. \u201cWe\u2019ll be talking about that soon,\u201d he responded.The New York Times reported last month that Trump has privately expressed support for a 16-week abortion ban.\u201cThe issue that is political kryptonite for GOP will be crucial again in 2024 \u2013 BRING IT!\u201d Democratic strategist Maria Cardona wrote in an X post on Wednesday.(Reuters)Abortion ban. abortion ban, exceptions, Republican presidential candidate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump expressed support for a 15-week national ban on abortion with exceptions for rape, incest, and saving the life of the mother, citing the importance of winning elections. This stance was shared during a call-in radio interview on the “Sid & Friends in the Morning” show on WABC. Trump’s three appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court played a key role in overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022. He has not committed to signing a national ban into law but indicated a consensus around the 15-week mark. The Biden campaign has criticized Republican restrictions on reproductive rights, particularly after the Supreme Court’s decision, which led to restrictive abortion laws in nearly two dozen states. Trump mentioned he would discuss his views on a 16-week abortion ban soon, following a report by The New York Times about his private support for such a ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2711,2712,2149,492,1221,932,166,1600,153,2713,756,393,1670,1356,912,1022,2714,1005,2599,1812,1358,168,841,1379,1944,1100,395,18],"class_list":["post-4851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-abortion","tag-abortion-ban","tag-ban","tag-biden","tag-campaign","tag-court","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-elections","tag-exceptions","tag-joe-biden","tag-new-york","tag-president-joe-biden","tag-presidential-election","tag-rape","tag-republican","tag-republican-presidential-candidate","tag-republicans","tag-restrictions","tag-rights","tag-support","tag-supreme-court","tag-trump","tag-voters","tag-woman","tag-women","tag-womens-rights","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n