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There’s no sugar-coating the truth: Donald Trump has backslidden on the Life issue. As The Daily Signal reported earlier this week, Trump:
weighed in on Florida’s new heartbeat law, which prohibits doctors from “knowingly performing” an abortion on a baby whose age is determined to be more than six weeks. The law provides exceptions if the mother is a victim of rape, incest, or human trafficking.
“He has to do what he has to do,” Trump said of the law, according to The Messenger. “If you look at what DeSantis did, a lot of people don’t even know if he knew what he was doing. But he signed six weeks, and many people within the pro-life movement feel that that was too harsh.”
The publication reported that Trump was “more vague” on abortion in general, noting that the former president did not specify what kind of abortion restrictions he supported, nor would he say whether he agreed with Florida’s new pro-life law.
DeSantis Signs a Powerful, Protective New Pro-Life Law
Trump’s presumptive presidential rival, Gov. Ron DeSantis, had just signed that law, which is less protective than most prolife activists actually seek, since life begins at conception. But given that few women learn they’re pregnant before a fetal heartbeat around six weeks, it’s massive progress. Continue reading…
