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A Plan to Outlaw Abortion Everywhere

Activists hope a Trump Justice Department would criminalize the procedure, with or without a federal ban.
Anti-abortion activists see a path to total victory under Trump.
Source: Bryan Olin Dozier / NurPhoto / AP

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “If Trump Wins,” a project considering what Donald Trump might do if reelected in 2024.

was a triumphant one for the anti-abortion movement. After half a century, the Supreme Court when it overturned , stripping Americans of the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. Now movement activists are feeling bolder than ever: Their next goal will be ending legal abortion in America once and for all. A federal ban, which would require 60 votes in the Senate, is

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