Trump press conference: He's delusional about abortion.
5 months ago

Trump press conference: He's delusional about abortion.

Slate  

This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become. Since the Supreme Court—which became ultra-conservative after Trump nominated three of the court’s justices—overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, abortion has become one of the single largest issues for voters. Related From Slate The Only Part of Trump’s RNC Abortion Platform That Matters And when it comes to voting on the issue of abortion, a Gallup poll conducted in May found 32 percent of U.S. adults will only vote for candidates who share their views on abortion, with a growing number of pro-choice voters saying they are prioritizing this single issue more than pro-life voters. During his Mar-a-Lago press conference, Trump reiterated that stance, while also endorsing the idea of directing the Food and Drug Administration to revoke access to abortion pills. He also discussed an impending abortion bill in Florida, which Trump said would “go in a little more liberal way than people thought”—and added he would hold a separate press conference to specifically address abortion.

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Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next
1 month ago

Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — As Donald Trump’s Cabinet begins to take shape, those on both sides of the abortion debate are watching closely for clues about how his picks might affect reproductive rights policy in the president-elect’s second term. In an NBC News interview that aired Sunday, Trump said he doesn’t plan to restrict medication abortion but “Things do change, but I …

'The threat is dire': Abortion pill orders skyrocket after Trump elected
2 months ago

'The threat is dire': Abortion pill orders skyrocket after Trump elected

Raw Story  

Women are reportedly stockpiling abortion pills ahead of a second Trump administration, with the head of one provider noting they feel he poses a "very real" threat. Another organization called Just the Pill said now receiving orders for abortion drugs from people who aren't pregnant — a "rarity," Julie Amaon, the nonprofit's interim executive director, told the Post. “People understand …

Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike
2 months, 1 week ago

Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike

LA Times  

Anti-abortion activists say there is still work to be done to further restrict access to abortion when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House next year. They point to the federal guidance that the administration of President Biden released around emergency abortions, requiring that hospitals provide them for women whose health or life is at risk, and its easing …

Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike
2 months, 1 week ago

Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike

New Indian Express  

Trump unlikely to require emergency abortions from hospitals The Trump administration is expected to pull back Biden's controversial directive that requires emergency rooms to provide abortions when necessary to stabilize a woman's health or life. The Biden administration had argued that the decades-old federal law, which requires hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment for patients in exchange for Medicare funding, also …

’Just stop talking’: Donald Trump evades abortion queries while casting ballot in Florida
2 months, 1 week ago

’Just stop talking’: Donald Trump evades abortion queries while casting ballot in Florida

Live Mint  

Donald Trump is slated to take charge of a nation with deepening political and cultural fissures and a worried electorate within the next two months. Trump appears to have held shifting views on abortion over the course of the 2024 election campaign — at times leaving conservatives and anti-abortion rights groups frustrated. A second presidential term for Donald Trump could …

'Just stop talking about that': Trump snaps at reporter at polling place press conference
2 months, 1 week ago

'Just stop talking about that': Trump snaps at reporter at polling place press conference

Raw Story  

During an impromptu press conference at his West Palm Beach polling location, Donald Trump snapped at a reporter for pressing him on how he voted on one of Florida's most controversial ballot initiatives. At issue is Florida's Amendment 4, which would prohibit any law that would "penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient's …

Trump snaps at reporter when asked about abortion: ‘Stop talking about that’
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump snaps at reporter when asked about abortion: ‘Stop talking about that’

LA Times  

Former President Trump speaks as former First Lady Melania Trump listens after they voted Tuesday at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Fla. Donald Trump is refusing to say how he voted on Florida’s abortion measure — and getting testy about it. He said instead that he did “a great job bringing it back to the …

"Stop talking about that": Trump snaps at reporter when asked about Florida's abortion ban
Top News
2 months, 1 week ago

"Stop talking about that": Trump snaps at reporter when asked about Florida's abortion ban

Salon  

Former President Donald Trump snapped at a reporter on Election Day when asked about Florida’s abortion ballot measure. The measure, Amendment 4, would prohibit laws preventing abortion and reverse the state’s strict six-week abortion ban that went into effect earlier this year. Currently, Florida’s post-Dobbs abortion law makes it a felony to perform or actively participate in an abortion six …

Donald Trump abortion: The most deeply cynical attempt yet to hide the truth about his stance.
55 years ago

Donald Trump abortion: The most deeply cynical attempt yet to hide the truth about his stance.

Slate  

During this exhausting presidential campaign, Donald Trump has been talking out of both sides of his mouth about abortion, an issue that could cost him the election. A political action committee called RBG PAC—yes, after the former Supreme Court justice—started spending $20 million Friday on a campaign claiming that Trump has been clear that he opposes a national abortion ban …

Trump says a national abortion ban is ‘off the table.’ Seconds later, he says ‘we’ll see what happens’
3 months ago

Trump says a national abortion ban is ‘off the table.’ Seconds later, he says ‘we’ll see what happens’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. During an interview on Sunday with Fox News, …

Trump breaks silence over abortion rift with Melania
3 months, 1 week ago

Trump breaks silence over abortion rift with Melania

The Independent  

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“Deadly”: Experts warn Trump and Vance are “backpedaling” on abortion to conceal a darker reality
3 months, 1 week ago

“Deadly”: Experts warn Trump and Vance are “backpedaling” on abortion to conceal a darker reality

Salon  

During Tuesday night's vice presidential debate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance conceded that Republicans need to do a better job of regaining Americans' trust on the issue of abortion, delivering a more moderate response to the question of restrictions than the far-right position he previously espoused. I want us as a Republican Party to be pro-family in the fullest sense of …

Trump: Women won't even think about abortion once I'm elected again
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump: Women won't even think about abortion once I'm elected again

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump declared in a late Friday screed that women are sicker, poorer and more depressed than they were in 2020, and vowed that once he's re-elected they won't even be "thinking about abortion" they'll be so "happy." The MAGA leader then vowed to "fix all of that" — "fast" — and said American women will finally get …

Trump Is Following the GOP’s Abortion Playbook to a T. Why Isn’t It Working?
55 years ago

Trump Is Following the GOP’s Abortion Playbook to a T. Why Isn’t It Working?

Slate  

There was no shortage of head-scratching moments in Donald Trump’s debate performance last week, but some of the biggest humdingers involved abortion. He’s been similarly evasive about whether he would use the Comstock Act, a 19th-century obscenity law, as an abortion ban, as J.D. Reports stressed that Trump said he wouldn’t use the Comstock Act in this way without acknowledging …

ABC News debate moderator slams Donald Trump’s false claim that babies being aborted after birth
4 months ago

ABC News debate moderator slams Donald Trump’s false claim that babies being aborted after birth

The Independent  

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Donald Trump Gets Fact-Checked On Abortion During Heated Presidential Debate With Kamala Harris
4 months ago

Donald Trump Gets Fact-Checked On Abortion During Heated Presidential Debate With Kamala Harris

ABP News  

The much-awaited presidential debate between candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris was held on Wednesday with an intense discussion on abortion rights, economy, and border issues. Discussing one of the most important issues for the voters in the US, abortion rights, Kamala Harris claimed that Donald Trump would ban abortion and would make no exceptions for even "rapes and incest". …

Abortion quickly emerges as a flashpoint between Harris and Trump
4 months ago

Abortion quickly emerges as a flashpoint between Harris and Trump

LA Times  

Abortion quickly emerged as a flashpoint in the first presidential debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Republican falsely arguing that Democrats support killing babies after birth and the Democrat saying Trump can’t be trusted because of his dizzying statements on the matter. “It’s an execution,” Trump said, claiming that Harris, running mate Tim Walz and …

Trump Will Likely Have To Clarify His Abortion Stance
4 months ago

Trump Will Likely Have To Clarify His Abortion Stance

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump has said more on abortion in the past few weeks of his presidential campaign than he has in the last two years. ABC moderators and Vice President Kamala Harris are likely to push Trump to clarify his stance on abortion during Tuesday night’s highly anticipated presidential debate. Trump has “changed his position four times on …

GOP operative's phone 'blowing up' with evangelicals furious over Trump's betrayal
4 months, 1 week ago

GOP operative's phone 'blowing up' with evangelicals furious over Trump's betrayal

Raw Story  

Some hardline conservatives are starting to doubt Donald Trump's assurances that he'd make abortion restrictions a priority in a second presidency. One leading activist said her phone was "blowing up" last week with angry calls and texts from other Students for Life members who were threatening to sit out canvassing efforts after Trump criticized Florida's six-week abortion ban, but that …

Column: Why Trump’s ‘leave it to the states’ abortion stance ties him in knots
4 months, 1 week ago

Column: Why Trump’s ‘leave it to the states’ abortion stance ties him in knots

LA Times  

Watching Donald Trump regularly twist himself into a pretzel to reach a politically safe position on abortion rights would be comical if the issue weren’t so serious for the lives of countless women. He continues to boast that he ended Roe with his Supreme Court picks, yet two weeks ago claimed that a second Trump administration would be “great for …

Watch Donald Trump's interview with the Daily Mail at Mar-a-Lago in FULL
4 months, 1 week ago

Watch Donald Trump's interview with the Daily Mail at Mar-a-Lago in FULL

Daily Mail  

Donald Trump sat down for a no-holds barred interview with DailyMail.com in the living room of his Mar-a-Lago home and political headquarters. He used the interview to float the idea that he may vote in favor of a Florida referendum to expand abortion access beyond six weeks after conception. Former President Donald Trump sat down with DailyMail.com amid the finery …

Byron Donalds scrambles to change topic as CNN host puts him on spot over Trump flip-flop
4 months, 1 week ago

Byron Donalds scrambles to change topic as CNN host puts him on spot over Trump flip-flop

Raw Story  

Rep. Byron Donalds defended Donald Trump after the former president said he planned to support Florida's abortion ban despite saying six weeks did not give women enough time to make a decision. During an interview on Tuesday, CNN host Phil Mattingly told Donalds that Trump had sent mixed messages on abortion because of a "gut instinct" that it was problematic …

After years of flip-flopping, Trump weighs in on his abortion vote
4 months, 2 weeks ago

After years of flip-flopping, Trump weighs in on his abortion vote

NPR  

After years of flip-flopping, Trump weighs in on his abortion vote SCOTT DETROW, HOST: When Donald Trump first ran for president, he did so promising to appoint conservative Supreme Court justices, justices who would overturn the right to abortion access in the United States. DETROW: Let's talk about Donald Trump, who is voting in Florida this year but also running …

'He’s in trouble': Scaramucci says Trump navigates 'vexing' dilemmas using contradictions
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'He’s in trouble': Scaramucci says Trump navigates 'vexing' dilemmas using contradictions

Raw Story  

Former Donald Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci tried to explain his old boss's longstanding pattern Friday on CNN over the MAGA leader's waffling around whether he'd vote against a measure in Florida that would expand abortion rights. Trump, said spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, "has not yet said how he will vote on the ballot initiative in Florida," and "simply reiterated that …

Trump says he will vote to keep Florida’s six-week abortion ban — 24 hours after calling it ‘too short’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump says he will vote to keep Florida’s six-week abortion ban — 24 hours after calling it ‘too short’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Thursday, the former president told NBC News …

Why nobody believes Trump’s flip-flop on abortion and IVF
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Why nobody believes Trump’s flip-flop on abortion and IVF

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He responded by saying the state’s six-week ban …

Trump says Florida’s six-week abortion ban is ‘too short’ and suggests he will vote to amend it
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump says Florida’s six-week abortion ban is ‘too short’ and suggests he will vote to amend it

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Trump, who is registered to vote in Florida, told NBC News on Thursday that …

Trump Suggests He Will Support Florida’s Pro-Choice Amendment
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump Suggests He Will Support Florida’s Pro-Choice Amendment

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly bragged about his role in overturning Roe v. Wade, seemed to suggest on Thursday that he will vote in favor of Florida’s pro-choice amendment that will be in front of voters in November. “I think the six weeks is too short, it has to be more time,” Trump told NBC …

Trump is trying to allay concerns on abortion, and abortion opponents aren't happy
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump is trying to allay concerns on abortion, and abortion opponents aren't happy

NPR  

Trump is trying to allay concerns on abortion, and abortion opponents aren't happy toggle caption Emily Elconin/Getty Images Anti-abortion rights activists are raising concerns about recent comments from former President Donald Trump, in which he appears to be trying to soften his position on abortion. In a Friday post on Truth Social, Trump — whose appointees to the U.S. Supreme …

Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says

LA Times  

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says Donald Trump would not support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk. “I can absolutely commit that,” Vance said when asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether he could commit to Trump not imposing such a ban. “Donald Trump’s view is that …

‘It’s not a pro-life position’: Anger after Trump says no to Comstock
4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘It’s not a pro-life position’: Anger after Trump says no to Comstock

Politico  

“It is not a pro-life position, it’s not an acceptable position, and it does not provide the contrast on this issue to the degree that we have had in the past between him and Kamala Harris,” said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council. And in 2023, Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, joined dozens of members of …

How to Understand Trump’s Latest Comments About Banning the Abortion Pill
55 years ago

How to Understand Trump’s Latest Comments About Banning the Abortion Pill

Slate  

For much of the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump has attempted to maintain strategic ambiguity and plausible deniability about what he would do with abortion policy during a second term. But when a reporter at last week’s press conference asked Trump about revoking access to mifepristone, he sounded open to the idea. With Roe now gone, you don’t need to …

'Pure gibberish': Critics slam Trump’s 'nonsensical double-speak' answer on abortion drug
5 months, 1 week ago

'Pure gibberish': Critics slam Trump’s 'nonsensical double-speak' answer on abortion drug

Raw Story  

Donald Trump appeared to be unfamiliar with the widely-used and extremely safe abortion drug Mifepristone when asked a question about it by a reporter Thursday afternoon at his Mar-a-Lago press conference. On Thursday, asked if he would “direct your FDA, for example, to revoke access to Mifepristone?” Trump interrupted the reporter to provide an answer. There are many things on …

Project 2025’s abortion surveillance idea comes back to bite Trump
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Project 2025’s abortion surveillance idea comes back to bite Trump

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Democrats have seen an angle of opportunity here, and are now tying the former …

'On agenda': Ex-Trump health aide touts highly controversial plan hidden in Project 2025
6 months ago

'On agenda': Ex-Trump health aide touts highly controversial plan hidden in Project 2025

Raw Story  

Although former President Donald Trump has disavowed any involvement with Project 2025, a former top health adviser of his touted one of its most controversial initiatives on Wednesday while speaking at the Natcon Conference. According to NOTUS Reports' Oriana Gonzalez, former Trump lead health adviser Katy Talento at the conference touted a plan referenced in Project 2025 to use the …

Trump says he won’t block abortion pill and repeats ‘abortions after birth’ misinformation in first debate
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump says he won’t block abortion pill and repeats ‘abortions after birth’ misinformation in first debate

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump rejected conservative efforts to ban the abortion pill …

During debate, Trump and Biden make clear where they stand on abortion
6 months, 2 weeks ago

During debate, Trump and Biden make clear where they stand on abortion

LA Times  

Demonstrators in Los Angeles in 2022 protest the Supreme Court’s decision striking down Roe vs. Wade. “The Supreme Court just approved the abortion pill, and I agree with their decision to have done that, and I will not block it,” Trump responded, referring to the recent Supreme Court decision that dismissed a conservative Christian group’s claim that the abortion medication …

Can Trump rein in his own base on abortion?
7 months ago

Can Trump rein in his own base on abortion?

Al Jazeera  

Trump has egged on extremists whose anti-abortion stance has mobilised voters against him. That is why as recently as last year, he was taking credit for “killing” Roe v Wade, the landmark case that guaranteed abortion rights until the Supreme Court overturned it in 2022. “After 50 years of failure with nobody coming even close, I was able to kill …

Trump gives two-minute speech to anti-abortion group - without mentioning abortion
7 months ago

Trump gives two-minute speech to anti-abortion group - without mentioning abortion

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Trump spoke virtually Monday at the “Life and Liberty Forum” held by the Danbury …

Trump Rambles About Abortion In Fox News Interview
7 months, 1 week ago

Trump Rambles About Abortion In Fox News Interview

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump said “it’s a beautiful thing to watch” states enact different abortion restrictions during a Fox News interview on Wednesday, during which he also repeated several lies about abortion policy. “But the people are deciding and in many ways, it’s a beautiful thing to watch.” The former president also repeated a myth about abortion care later …

Trump allies get defensive when questioned on 'Project 2025' birth control plans
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump allies get defensive when questioned on 'Project 2025' birth control plans

Raw Story  

Conservatives are looking to limit access to contraception if Donald Trump wins a second term as president and allow more employers to opt out of birth control coverage. The former president says he won't ban contraception, but the "Project 2025" blueprint being drawn up by his allies would remove requirements to cover male condoms and require insurers to cover “fertility …

Trump walks back remarks on birth control restrictions
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump walks back remarks on birth control restrictions

Raw Story  

Donald Trump on Tuesday walked back remarks that he was open to restrictions on contraception, after an outcry that underlined his presidential campaign's vulnerability on reproductive rights issues. "I have never, and will never advocate imposing restrictions on birth control, or other contraceptives," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, using all caps. Trump's post appeared to dial down an …

Trump says he’s ‘looking at’ restricting access to contraception
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump says he’s ‘looking at’ restricting access to contraception

The Independent  

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Trump says he is open to restrictions on contraception before backing away from the statement
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump says he is open to restrictions on contraception before backing away from the statement

Associated Press  

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was open to supporting regulations on contraception and that his campaign would release a policy on the issue “very shortly,” comments that he later said were misinterpreted. “Women across the country are already suffering from Donald Trump’s post-Roe nightmare, and if he wins a second term, it’s clear he wants to go …

Kamala Harris says Republicans ‘extremists’ either ‘don’t know or don’t care how a woman’s body works’
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Kamala Harris says Republicans ‘extremists’ either ‘don’t know or don’t care how a woman’s body works’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Vice President Kamala Harris went on the offensive against Donald …

Trump Is Fine With States Monitoring Pregnant Women So They Don't Get Abortions
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump Is Fine With States Monitoring Pregnant Women So They Don't Get Abortions

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said states with abortion bans should be free to monitor pregnant women to make sure they don’t terminate their pregnancies, suggesting that would be in line with his newfound position of leaving abortion rights up to the states. “I think they might do that,” Trump said in a Time magazine interview published …

Trump says states should decide on prosecuting women for abortions, has no comment on abortion pill
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump says states should decide on prosecuting women for abortions, has no comment on abortion pill

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Former President Donald Trump says in a new interview it should be left to the states whether to prosecute women for abortions or whether to monitor women’s pregnancies. Trump repeated his catchall states-rights response when asked if states should monitor women’s pregnancies so the government would know if they had an abortion. The national anti-abortion group SBA Pro-Life …

Trump Claims He Won’t Sign National Abortion Ban
9 months ago

Trump Claims He Won’t Sign National Abortion Ban

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he won’t sign a national abortion ban if elected in November — but cleared up nothing about whether he or his appointees would implement a backdoor ban. When asked in a press gaggle in Georgia if he would sign a federal abortion ban, Trump responded “no” and shook his head, …

Trump outlines his policy on abortion in a posting on Truth Social
9 months ago

Trump outlines his policy on abortion in a posting on Truth Social

NPR  

Trump outlines his policy on abortion in a posting on Truth Social LEILA FADEL, HOST: Former President Trump made an announcement this morning outlining his policy on abortion. FADEL: Trump's announcement made in a video post on Truth Social, his social media platform, comes after months of mixed messages sent by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. KURTZLEBEN: Well, he's trying …

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