Trump sparks backlash from major anti-abortion group over campaign comments

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Trump sparks backlash from major anti-abortion group over campaign comments

SBA Pro-Life America said Trump's position that abortion policies should be decided at the state level was "morally indefensible."

April 20, 2023, 9:24 PM EDT / Updated April 20, 2023, 11:14 PM EDT
By Zoë Richards

A leading anti-abortion group blasted former President Donald Trump on Thursday after his campaign said he believes states should decide abortion laws. ... Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America issued a scathing response to a statement the Trump campaign made to The Washington Post when it was asked whether Trump supported the six-week abortion ban a likely 2024 opponent, Gov. Ron DeSantis, signed into law in Florida.

“President Donald J. Trump believes that the Supreme Court, led by the three justices which he supported, got it right when they ruled this is an issue that should be decided at the state level,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told the Post. ... SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser blasted Trump by name in a statement Thursday after the story was published.

“President Trump’s assertion that the Supreme Court returned the issue of abortion solely to the states is a completely inaccurate reading of the Dobbs decision and is a morally indefensible position for a self-proclaimed pro-life presidential candidate to hold,” Dannenfelser said. ... “We will oppose any presidential candidate who refuses to embrace at a minimum a 15-week national standard,” she added.

After reaching out to Cheung for comment, a Trump spokesperson responded by saying, “Our focus here should be on saving lives and avoiding the Radical Left’s traps, not on dividing the pro-life community."

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Zoë Richards
Zoë Richards is the evening politics reporter for NBC News.

Jonathan Allen contributed.

[AZ8theist]

1. I'm confused.

SBA Pro-Life America supports a "national 15 week standard"?

So they don't like the 6 week bans, or the outlaw of abortion entirely??

Someone please explain this to me. Here I thought these fascists want to subjugate women entirely.

[IbogaProject]

2. They want a total ban

But they “...will oppose any presidential candidate who refuses to embrace at a minimum a 15-week national standard” I hate all this effort wasted on this issue which should always be between a woman and her medical team.

[NullTuples]

3. The problem for him is that he can't spin on a dime.

There's often a substantial delay between a wind shift, fox news shifting and then finally Donald Trump's stated views shifting.

It's not easy for a narcissist to appear to "change his mind" because that means he was wrong before.

Now that it is likely attainable, his base wants a national, not state level decision. But he dug in deep to state level without any real conviction driving it (because it wasn't about him). So now the internalizing of his mistake has to wait for cognitive dissonance to build up - he'll need a deflection for that - until he changes his stance.

This making the news should be enough of an impetus; I expect him to make the shift very soon.

[dembotoz]

4. never states rights always the right to lie lie

freedom for them not for you