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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Former President Donald Trump has told allies that he likes the idea of a 16-week national abortion ban with exceptions in cases of rape or incest, or a maternal mortality risk, according to The New York Times.
The Times report Feb. 16 said Trump likes the “even” number of the proposal.
“It’s four months,” he reportedly told allies.
Trump, who appears poised to secure his party’s nomination for president in 2024, has a sometimes uneasy alliance with pro-life advocates: Many credit him with reversing Roe v. Wade through his appointments to the Supreme Court; but he expressed pro-choice views on abortion prior to his candidacy in 2016.
A federal 16-week ban would prohibit relatively few of the abortions that occur in the United States — just 4.3% of abortions would be affected, without taking into account exceptions, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC data from 2020 found that 93.1% of abortions were performed at less than 13 weeks gestation, however, national polling has shown consistently a majority of Americans unwilling to back abortion bans during this first trimester of pregnancy.
At the same time, polls have shown a majority of Americans willing to ban abortion in the second trimester and beyond.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from OSV News.
In a statement to The New York Times, Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump, said without confirming his remarks, “As President Trump has stated, he would sit down with both sides and negotiate a deal that everyone will be happy with.”
Leavitt added Trump “appointed strong Constitutionalist federal judges and Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade and sent the decision back to the states, which others have tried to do for over 50 years.”
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The Times report Feb. 16 said Trump likes the “even” number of the proposal.
“It’s four months,” he reportedly told allies.
Trump, who appears poised to secure his party’s nomination for president in 2024, has a sometimes uneasy alliance with pro-life advocates: Many credit him with reversing Roe v. Wade through his appointments to the Supreme Court; but he expressed pro-choice views on abortion prior to his candidacy in 2016.
Trump, abortion and exceptions
The report also said Trump has balked at potential running mates who do not hold moderate views on abortion, calling him “instantly dismissive when he hears that a Republican doesn’t support ‘the three exceptions.'”A federal 16-week ban would prohibit relatively few of the abortions that occur in the United States — just 4.3% of abortions would be affected, without taking into account exceptions, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC data from 2020 found that 93.1% of abortions were performed at less than 13 weeks gestation, however, national polling has shown consistently a majority of Americans unwilling to back abortion bans during this first trimester of pregnancy.
At the same time, polls have shown a majority of Americans willing to ban abortion in the second trimester and beyond.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from OSV News.
In a statement to The New York Times, Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump, said without confirming his remarks, “As President Trump has stated, he would sit down with both sides and negotiate a deal that everyone will be happy with.”
Leavitt added Trump “appointed strong Constitutionalist federal judges and Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade and sent the decision back to the states, which others have tried to do for over 50 years.”
Where are most Americans on the issue?
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Report: Trump privately expresses support for a national 16-week abortion ban
Former President Donald Trump has told allies that he likes the idea of a 16-week national abortion ban, with some exceptions:
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