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Post by Admin on Aug 29, 2024 11:18:54 GMT
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Post by Admin on Aug 31, 2024 19:22:38 GMT
Donald Trump has said he will vote against a ballot measure in his home state of Florida that would protect abortion rights after facing backlash from conservative supporters. The former president's announcement came one day after an NBC News interview in which he appeared to support the measure - a statement that caused anti-abortion activists to openly criticise him.
On Friday, Trump told Fox News that he still thinks Florida's ban on abortions after six weeks is too strict. However he said would still vote "no" on a measure that would amend the state's constitution to protect abortion rights. "You need more time than six weeks," Trump said. "I’ve disagreed with that right from the early primaries when I heard about it."
The Republican presidential nominee's decision to vote against the Florida abortion measure comes just one day after he was asked by NBC News how he would vote. “I think the six week is too short,” Trump said in the interview on Thursday. “It has to be more time. I told them that I want more weeks.”
“I am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks,” he said when pressed. His Democratic opponent, Vice-President Kamala Harris, quickly responded to Trump's announcement that he would support continuing Florida's abortion ban as indicative of him continuing his anti-abortion stance. “Donald Trump just made his position on abortion very clear: He will vote to uphold an abortion ban so extreme it applies before many women even know they are pregnant," she said in a statement.
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Post by Admin on Aug 31, 2024 20:17:19 GMT
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Post by Admin on Sept 4, 2024 11:59:04 GMT
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Post by Admin on Sept 5, 2024 2:29:23 GMT
"My administration will require the government to pay the entire cost of IVF, or require insurance companies to pay it." On August 29, at a rally in the midwestern state of Michigan, Trump promised to make in vitro fertilization free of charge. Conservative Christian supporters, who form the party's support base, are critical of in vitro fertilization from an ethical standpoint, and it is clear that they were conscious of attracting independent voters.
On the same day, she commented on the southern Florida law that effectively bans induced abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, saying, "Six weeks is too short." In November, Florida is scheduled to put to a referendum an amendment to the state's constitution to ease abortion restrictions, and Mr. Trump, a resident of Florida, was seen as indicating his intention to vote in favor. Support for abortion rights is supported by a majority of voters.
However, a powerful anti-abortion group called this series of moves a "betrayal" and suggested they refuse to vote for Trump. The following day, on the 30th, he changed his mind in an interview on FOX TV and said he would vote against the bill, making his hesitation on abortion regulations conspicuous.
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