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Trump has been relatively quiet on the issue of abortion
throughout his campaign for a second term, putting him at odds
with other Republican presidential hopefuls including his
current biggest threat to the party nomination, Florida Governor
Ron DeSantis, who enacted a six week ban on abortions in his
state.
"There of course remains a vital role for the federal government
in protecting unborn life," Trump told attendees at the Faith
and Freedom Coalition's annual conference in Washington, D.C.,
on Saturday night. "We will defeat the radical Democrat policy
of extreme late term abortion."
Late term abortions, which take place after 21 weeks, are
extremely rare, representing just 1% of all abortions, and are
often due to fetal abnormalities or threats to the mother's
life.
Trump touted his record of appointing three judges to the
Supreme Court, which gave the court the conservative majority
needed to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case which
created federal protections for abortion.
The issue of abortion is likely to become a defining one of the
2024 election. Republican candidates are wooing far right
Christian voters with commitments to ban the medical procedure -
South Carolina Senator Tim Scott has said he would ban it at 15
weeks, and former Vice President Mike Pence has committed to
signing a federal ban on it entirely.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted April 11-12 found that 56% of
respondents said they would be less likely to vote for a
politician who supports legislation limiting access to abortion,
while 28% would be more likely to.
(Reporting by Moira Warburton in Washington; Editing by Daniel
Wallis)
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