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marmar

(78,025 posts)
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 08:22 PM Sep 17

Trump's true colors on abortion rights are showing

Trump’s true colors on abortion rights are showing

Susan J. Demas
September 17, 2024 9:52 am


(Michigan Advance) Former President Donald Trump was given plenty of chances at last week’s debate to declare that he’d veto a national abortion ban.

But he refused to do it, time and time again.

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In an attempt to blunt the atrocious polling for Republicans on abortion, they’ve been feigning moderation on the issue. In Michigan, the state GOP has been dumping dozens of mailers into voters’ mailboxes, like one announcing that “Trump won’t sign a federal abortion ban.”

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Let’s get real. There’s precious little reason to think Trump wouldn’t be on board with a federal abortion ban. As president, he went after Planned Parenthood and nominated scores of anti-abortion judges to lower courts. Back in March, he even endorsed a national 15-week ban that would supersede laws in states like Michigan where abortion is legal.

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While Trump insists that now “people are voting all over the USA” on abortion rights, that’s not true, either. Only five states — Michigan is one — have been able to vote to protect reproductive rights in state law. .............(more)

https://michiganadvance.com/2024/09/17/trumps-true-colors-on-abortion-rights-are-showing/




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Trump's true colors on abortion rights are showing (Original Post) marmar Sep 17 OP
His "logic" was Freddie Sep 17 #1

Freddie

(9,695 posts)
1. His "logic" was
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 08:29 PM
Sep 17

That people in restrictive states can just vote the laws out if they choose. Not that easy. RWNJs are doing everything they can to keep referendums from being voted on at all, and some states don’t have referendums (like PA).

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