Trump has now called six-week abortion bans “a terrible thing and a terrible mistake.” But most Republican-controlled states have gone at least that far.
dilemma between what most of its base wants and what is broadly palatable. The 2022 election was not kind to Republican abortion hard-liners, leading to significant caution among presidential hopefulsTrump’s view of the politics of this issue has been increasingly evident, starting in the post-midterm period when he suggested that being too firm on abortion — particularly opposing exceptions such as rape and incest —.
It’s broadly understood that the Trump-era conservative movement is less about the details and more about the man. When Trump departs from GOP orthodoxy, it will often simply adjust its priority to align with him — or dismiss the importance of the issue. But abortion is an issue on which the most passionate segment of the base is often inflexible and adamant. His comments serve to test just how firm antiabortion Republicans are and how willing they are to police their own, when their own in this case is very likely to continue leading the party into the 2024 election.For now, the response has been muted. Trump’s move has spawned some pushback on social media from some of the usual allies, but antiabortion groups haven’t leaped to go after him.
A case in point is the response from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. While in April it called Trump’s comments “morally indefensible” and accused him of a “
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