“It’ll be straightened out. And as you know, it’s all about states’ rights,” Trump told reporters. “It’ll be straightened out, and I’m sure that the governor and everybody else are going to bring it back into reason and that’ll be taken care of very quickly.”
The presumptive GOP nominee is trying to navigate tricky political territory by refusing to take a stance on a national ban while saying abortion rights should be left to the states.
That has led to fierce criticism from advocates on both sides of the issues, as conservatives want firmer national limits on the procedure while abortion rights supporters blame Trump and his agenda for the new restrictions.
Biden’s campaign said Trump is to blame for limits on reproductive rights, noting that he has long trumpeted that the three U.S. Supreme Court justices he nominated provided the pivotal votes to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that guaranteed a right to abortion.
“Trump lies constantly — about everything — but has one track record: banning abortion every chance he gets,” Biden spokesman Michael Tyler said. “The guy who wants to be a dictator on day one will use every tool at his disposal to ban abortion nationwide, with or without Congress.”
At an Atlanta Chick-fil-A, Trump is asked whether physicians should face punishment for performing abortions. “Let that be to the states. Everything we’re doing now is states, and states’ rights. And what we wanted to do is get it back to the states. Because for 53 years, it’s… pic.twitter.com/m6LOHd9zzM
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Pressed during a stop at an Atlanta Chick-fil-A, Trump again tried to sidestep questions asking for specificity on his abortion stance, including when asked whether physicians should face punishment for performing the procedure.
“Let that be to the states. Everything we’re doing now is states, and states’ rights. And what we wanted to do is get it back to the states,” he…
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