Posted on 04/12/2024 1:07:35 PM PDT by Miami Rebel
President Donald Trump called on the Arizona legislature to use “HEART” and “COMMON SENSE” and pass a pro-choice bill in a post on Truth Social Friday.
“The Supreme Court in Arizona went too far on their Abortion Ruling, enacting and approving an inappropriate Law from 1864. So now the Governor and the Arizona Legislature must use HEART, COMMON SENSE, and ACT IMMEDIATELY, to remedy what has happened,” wrote Trump. “Remember, it is now up to the States and the Good Will of those that represent THE PEOPLE. We must ideally have the three Exceptions for Rape, Incest, and Life of the Mother. This is important! Democrats are the EXTREMISTS – They support Abortion up to the moment of birth, and even execution of Babies, in some cases, after birth. This should not be. Arizona Legislature, please act as fast as possible!”
Earlier this week, the state Supreme Court in Arizona decided that an old law predating the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade outlawing abortion except for when the mother’s life is threatened was still valid. Trump’s call for the expansion of abortion rights in the Grand Canyon State comes just days after he promised not to back any pro-life legislation if he retakes the White House this November and represents an implicit retraction of his call for states to navigate the abortion debate on their own.
“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it. From a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land, in this case, the law of the state,” explained Trump in a statement earlier this week. “Many states will be different. Many will have a different number of weeks, or some will have more conservative than others. And that’s what they will be at the end of the day. This is all about the will of the people. You must follow your heart or in many cases, your religion or your faith. Do what’s right for your family and do what’s right for yourself. Do what’s right for your children. Do what’s right for our country, and vote.”
Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for Senate in Arizona, has also called for pro-choice legislation in the state and promised not to support any federal bans on abortion if she’s elected.
Banning abortions was a bedrock Republican value till there was a political reckoning. Now the calculus is that the babies will just have to wait.
>>”Trump’s call for the expansion of abortion rights in the Grand Canyon State comes just days after he promised not to back any pro-life legislation if he retakes the White House this November and represents an implicit retraction of his call for states to navigate the abortion debate on their own.”
Wrong. Trump was explicitly referring to FEDERAL abortion legislation. He never said he wouldn’t weigh in on the subject or have an opinion.
Abortion and war are just good business…
“enacting and approving an inappropriate Law from 1864”
Trump!
We hardly knew ye.
So long.
Point being, he worked to get RvW moved to the States and now, he doesn’t like the decision of state!
He declares there should be no federal law about abortion but sticks his federal-bound nose into AZ decision.
He appoints originalists to the SCOTUS but backs away from laws that are from “the old days”.
This appears to be a crypto-progressive in action.
He asked for exceptions for rape incest and the life of the mother.
Some others want to ban abortion after 15 weeks.
This is the compromise Trump has talked about.
Exactly and he has every right to express his opinion as anyone else.
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled correctly that the state law which had been unenforceable under Roe was now the law of Arizona. Up to the the legislature to act and not blame the court for going too far. I personally am opposed to abortion with the three exceptions and then only for a limited time. It was not the woman’s choice to be raped. A victim of incest also did not make an adult choice. If they don’t pass a law with something, write Arizona and other states off and the left will get much more, there will ultimately be many more abortions.
Hey Trump-—I’m tired of losing!!!
Why do you hate commas?
> This appears to be a crypto-progressive in action. <
I wouldn’t go that far. But I’d feel better had Trump not said what he said there. If you’re pro-life, try not to criticize pro-life states. Let it be.
Trump’s entitled to have an opinion on the matter and he is the de facto leader of the GOP.
Trump stated-—”. We must ideally have the three Exceptions for Rape, Incest, and Life of the Mother. This is important!”
So, to make it clear-—it’s not the child’s fault, so why does it HAVE to die?
I like Trump but here, like many other Republicans, he is a coward. The question is: is it a child? If the answer is no, then there should be no restrictions. But if yes — and it is yes — then there can be no justification for willfully killing it. A child is not an inconvenience, it is a person.
The real problem, one that no one wants to address, is that abortion is only a means to an end: the denial of the nature of women as the bearers and nurturers of children. Abortion is the result of the desire of some women to be free from that nature and to be allowed to follow selfish lives in imitation of men.
But I'd be willing to include the exceptions in any pro-life law.
And true conservatives have a right to never vote for a openly Pro-Abortion candidate, no matter what party they claim they are representing.
It is more important to lose the entire plank than win 90% of it after all.
Kansas 2022
My position on abortion is not the concern.
And neither is Trump’s statement.
It’s about the Rule of Law (Constitution) and the relationship between the States and the Federal government.
There is a duplicity here, on Trump’s part.
Like leftist progressives, he says one thing and then, when something comes along that he doesn’t like, he speaks against it.
“Let’s let the States decide!”
“Well, except Arizona, who went too far.”
Which means President Trump hasn’t written off Arizona.
We all saw what happened in 2022, and so did he.
You aren’t going to simply flip a switch and get your way with the abortion issue, like it or not. Too many generations have been raised with abortion being a “right”, and this will take time to correct.
President Trump is trying to win an election and seems to understand the reality of our current situation.
I wish him luck.
That’s not what he said.
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