Former Vice President Mike Pence sharply criticized former President Donald Trump for saying that abortion policy should be left to the states and declining to back a national abortion restriction.
“President Trump’s retreat on the Right to Life is a slap in the face to the millions of pro-life Americans who voted for him in 2016 and 2020,” Pence said on X. “However much our Republican nominee or other candidates seek to marginalize the cause of life, I know pro-life Americans will never relent until we see the sanctity of life restored to the center of American law in every state in this country.”
Trump said on Truth Social on Monday that the states should have the ultimate jurisdiction over abortion policy. This statement came only weeks after hinting that he would support a 15- or 16-week gestational age limit on abortion at the
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