Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump arrived to speak at a campaign event in Potterville, Michigan on Thursday.
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Former President Donald Trump has indicated that he intends to vote in favor of abortion rights in his home state of Florida, where the right to abortion is on the ballot. [ban] “The time is too short,” he said, adding that he wanted more time.
When asked explicitly, “So will you vote for the amendment?” Trump seemed adamant that he would.
“I will be voting that we need more than six weeks,” he said. NBC News interviewHe then said he supported exceptions to abortion laws for the life of the mother, rape and incest.
Currently, abortions are not available in Florida after six weeks of pregnancy, with rare exceptions, and voters will be asked in the general election to choose whether to protect access to abortion in the state under the Fourth Amendment.
The Trump campaign was quick to deny the idea that the former president indicated how he would vote.
“President Trump has not yet said how he will vote in Florida’s state election, but has simply reiterated that he believes six weeks is too short,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said in a statement to NPR.
Former President Trump said that if re-elected, his administration would fund a fertility treatment called in vitro fertilization.
“I’ve always been in favor of IVF, from the very beginning, from the moment I heard about IVF,” the Republican candidate said. NBC News interview On Thursday.
Trump told NBC News he supports public funding or requiring insurance companies to cover the costs of IVF, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
“We’re just doing this because we think it’s a great thing, and our country needs great kids, beautiful kids. We really need them,” Trump said in the interview.
Some anti-abortion activists want to restrict abortion or Ban IVF That’s because the process usually requires discarding excess embryos. Many Republicanssupporting access to procedures.
An Alabama Supreme Court ruling earlier this year led the state to temporarily shut down access to IVF. Lawmakers step inMany prominent Republicans Weighing Regarding that issue.
Trump’s remarks were Trying to appease Ahead of the November election, he reversed his image on reproductive rights out of concern for voter backlash. Early on in the campaign trail, he boasted: Roe v. WadeHe appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices.
“It would be great for women and their reproductive rights,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social last week, a comment that drew criticism from abortion rights opponents, including former Vice President Mike Pence. CBS News Interview He said he would not use the Comstock Act, a 19th century anti-obscenity law, to regulate abortion drugs, a statement that drew backlash from some activists.
The Harris Waltz campaign also responded to Trump’s comments in a statement.
“Since President Trump overturned Roe v. Wade, IVF is already under attack, stripping women of their freedoms in states across the country,” spokeswoman Sarafina Chitika said in a statement. “Vice President Kamala Harris is the only candidate in this race who believes in women and will protect their right to make their own health care decisions.”
Abortion is a key issue in this election, and Democrats are warning voters that Republicans would further restrict access to reproductive health care if former President Trump is elected.
