Donald Trump told me he wanted to devise an abortion compromise that would “make everyone happy.”
I said I didn’t think that was possible.
But he didn’t dispute a New York Times report that he was talking to advisers about banning the procedure after 16 weeks, soon modified in another interview to 15 weeks.
Instead, in an early morning video yesterday, Trump tried to take a stand that didn’t make anyone unhappy. That’s because he embraced the status quo.
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The Supreme Court overturned the 50-year precedent that was Roe v. Wade in 2022 after determining abortion was not protected under the Constitution in the Dobbs ruling. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
He said the states should decide, both voters and lawmakers, and that some would set more conservative limits and others looser ones.
The former president made no mention of any time limits.
Which means things will proceed under the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling exactly as if he had made no statement at all.
Trump did take credit – not that he had much choice – for appointing the three conservative justices who helped overturn the 50-year precedent of Roe v. Wade. He thanked all six conservative Supreme Court members by name.
“Many states will be different, many will have a different number of weeks or some will have more conservative than others, and that’s what they will be,” Trump said in the video. “At the end of the day, this is all about the will of the people.”
Biden hit back hard, particularly at the assertion that legal experts on both sides wanted Roe thrown out.
“Trump is simply lying. There was no groundswell of support in America for overturning Roe. In fact, support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been,” he said in a statement.
“Trump admits as much in his statement today. Having created the chaos of overturning Roe, he’s trying to say, ‘Oh, never mind. Don’t punish me for…
