The Pro-life Movement’s Not-So-Secret Plan for Trump
The Republican candidate wants to seem moderate on abortion. His would-be advisers have other ideas.
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Donald Trump has made no secret of the fact that he regards his party’s position on reproductive rights as a political liability. He blamed the “abortion issue” for his party’s disappointing showing in the 2022 midterms, and he recently blasted Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s support for a six-week abortion ban. Trump seems eager to be the Republican who can turn this loser of a political issue into a winner.
And we’ve just gotten a peek at how he plans to do it. Last week, that Trump has expressed support for the idea of a national ban on abortions after 16 weeks of pregnancy except in the case of rape or
