After months of dodging questions about his thoughts on abortion, former President Donald Trump said abortion laws should be left up to the states.
In an announcement on Truth Social on Monday, Trump said he was proud to be the president responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade. In 2016, Trump campaigned on appointing right-leaning justices to the Supreme Court who would overturn Roe.
“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land,” Trump said. “In this case, the law of the state.”
“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
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