Trump draws criticism, praise from pro-life groups after releasing his stance on abortion
Pro-life advocates are offering mixed reactions after presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested abortion laws should be decided on a state-by-state basis as the issue remains at the forefront of American politics.
Trump published a video to Truth Social early Monday outlining his campaign's position on the issue of abortion. He began by pledging that “under my leadership, the Republican Party will always support the creation of strong, prosperous and healthy American families,” adding, “We want to make it easier for mothers and families to have babies, not harder.”
After voicing support for in vitro fertilization “in every state in America,” he described Democrats as “radical” on the issue of abortion because “they support abortion up to and even after the ninth month” of pregnancy. He criticized the concept of “having an abortion in the later months” as “unacceptable” before proclaiming that whatever individual states decide on the issue of abortion “must be the law of the land” in each particular state.
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“Many states will be different,” he predicted. “Many will have a different number of weeks or some will have a more conservative one [laws] than others.”
After stating his belief that “this is about the will of the people,” he thanked the justices of the United States Supreme Court who wrote the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision overturning the Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide for “having the courage to allow this long-running, hard-fought battle to finally end.” He called on states to “do the right thing” and emphasized his support for allowing abortions in cases of rape and incest as well as cases in which the mother faces a medical emergency.
In statement On Monday, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said, “We are deeply disappointed in President Trump's position.”
Insisting that “unborn children and their mothers deserve national protection and national advocacy from the brutality of the abortion industry,” Dannenfelser asserted that the US Supreme Court. Dobbs decision “clearly allows both states and Congress to act.”
She added: “To say the issue is 'back to the states' cedes the national debate to the Democrats who are working tirelessly to enact legislation requiring abortion every nine months of pregnancy. If they succeed, they will take away states' rights.”
Dannenfelser pledged that before the 2024 presidential election, “SBA Pro-Life America and the pro-life grassroots will work tirelessly to defeat a president. [Joe] Biden and extreme congressional Democrats.”
In a statement shared with The Christian Post, March for Life president Jeanne Mancini agreed with Dannenfelser that “there remains an urgent need to advocate for the unborn at the federal level.” She expressed concern that “pro-abortion politicians are relentlessly working to enact federal legislation like the misleadingly titled Women's Health Care Act that will repeal every. [state’s] ability to limit abortion through every nine months of pregnancy, and removes existing pro-life protections for vulnerable women and children nationwide.”
“If they have their way, the whole nation will go the way of the seven states and [Washington, D.C.] which already allow abortion for any reason, at any time during pregnancy,” she warned. “The overwhelming majority of European nations reject such barbaric policies with minimum protections for children after the first trimester. We as a nation must work for federal minimum protections for the unborn, and advocate for policies that support pregnant women and families in need.”
On the other hand, the Faith & Freedom Coalition shared a statement with The Christian Post proclaiming, “We appreciate his statement reaffirming his pro-life convictions.”
The organization also praised Trump as “the most pro-life president in American history,” who “fulfilled his promise to appoint conservative federal judges, giving us the opportunity after half a century of struggle to protect the unborn.”
The Faith and Freedom Coalition further outlined its plans to “continue to work for the passage of legislation at the state and federal level to protect as many children as we can” and to “reach out to tens of millions of faith voters to educate them about where the candidates stands, including Joe Biden's support for abortion on demand as a form of birth control, paid for with tax dollars.”
The advocacy group claimed that “Biden and the far left are the real extremists, and their radical position on abortion is not only morally repugnant but is very out there. [the] main.”
In a statement shared with The Christian Post, National Right to Life President Carol Tobias used Trump's campaign statement on abortion as an opportunity to remind people that “in his first term, President Trump has shown extraordinary leadership and delivered historic results on behalf of vulnerable unborn children . and their mothers.” She also expressed gratitude to Trump for “making sure that the wrong decision was made Roe v. Wade was consigned to the dustbin of history.”
“Thanks to President Trump, the American people and their elected representatives at the state and federal levels now have greater authority to determine abortion policy and pass meaningful protections for unborn children and their mothers. Efforts at the federal level include undoing pro-abortion policies enacted by Joe Biden based on a wish list from the abortion industry.”
Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins published a statement glad Trump didn't accept the push from some pro-life organizations and lawmakers to come out in favor of a 15-week abortion ban.
“I'm glad to see that President Trump has listened to pro-lifers and will not allow a divisive late term limit that some GOP insiders. [had] pushed, which would have encompassed more than 9 out of 10 abortions, to be a distraction from Joe Biden's abortion extremism,” she noted.
Hawkins added, “We clearly need to do some work to educate the GOP about the lawlessness of a predatory IVF industry whose own recklessness has caused the painful headlines we've all seen.”
Despite having some disagreement with Trump's views on abortion, Hawkins said her organization “can work with an administration preparing to welcome the next generation, instead of hastening their deaths through abortion.”
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