Trump Says Girls ‘Will No Longer Be Pondering About Abortion’ If He Wins

Former President Donald Trump doubled down over the weekend on a weird all-caps message to feminine voters that he posted to his Fact Social web page late Friday: “YOU WILL NO LONGER BE THINKING ABOUT ABORTION.”

He repeated the message almost word-for-word throughout a rally Saturday afternoon in Wilmington, North Carolina, suggesting that ladies will now not must concern themselves with their reproductive rights underneath a second Trump time period ― at the same time as latest polls present his help flagging amongst girls.

“Let’s talk about our great women, because women have gone through a lot,” Trump stated, after he’d been talking for round an hour.

He cited no proof as he claimed girls at the moment are “more stressed and depressed,” much less wholesome, poorer and fewer secure than they have been 4 years in the past.

“I will fix all of that, women, I will fix all of that. And at long last, this national nightmare that we’re going through will be over. Women will be happy,” Trump stated onstage.

He added, as he did on Fact Social, that if he wins, “You will no longer be thinking about abortion.”

However then his message grew to become confused.

Trump gestured to his position in abolishing nationwide abortion rights in favor of permitting every state to enact their very own legal guidelines, which is what occurred when the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The shortage of nationwide protections, nonetheless, has led some states to pursue excessive bans with very restricted exceptions, leaving particular person sufferers with slim or no choices.

Trump recommended he helps “POWERFUL EXCEPTIONS” for rape and incest, though he has no sway over state-level abortion legal guidelines and has refused to make clear his place on implementing a nationwide abortion coverage of any type.

The Supreme Courtroom’s demolition of Roe v. Wade has proved overwhelmingly unpopular, though he has repeatedly claimed, falsely, that the transfer was truly well-liked.

In response to a New York Occasions/Siena Faculty ballot final month, an growing share of voters in swing states are saying abortion entry is their high coverage concern. That places Trump, who has bragged about appointing the conservative Supreme Courtroom justices that helped tip the scales in favor of repealing Roe, in a troublesome spot.

Trump additionally repeated one other common lie at his rally about Democratic lawmakers eager to “execute” newborns or “demanding” abortion late in being pregnant.

The recommendations are wholly with out foundation actually. Abortion late in being pregnant is exceedingly uncommon; it’s typically chosen in circumstances the place a fetus develops a situation incompatible with life. It isn’t authorized anyplace within the U.S. to deliberately kill an toddler.