Trump vows to ‘never advocate’ for birth-control restrictions after uproar

The New York Post ^ | 05/21/2024 | Ryan King

[thegagline]

Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted he would never push for restrictions on contraception after getting panned over an interview in which he appeared to suggest the possibility.

“I HAVE NEVER, AND WILL NEVER ADVOCATE IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON BIRTH CONTROL, or other contraceptives. This is a Democrat fabricated lie,” the former president declared on Truth Social. “I DO NOT SUPPORT A BAN ON BIRTH CONTROL, AND NEITHER WILL THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!”

Earlier in the day, the Biden-Harris campaign highlighted a clip of Trump, 77, from an interview with a Pittsburgh TV station suggesting he was “looking at” possible restrictions on morning-after pills.

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“You will find it very smart. I think it’s a smart decision,” Trump further teased. “We’ll be releasing it [our policy] very soon.”

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Those pills have been controversial among some religious conservatives and anti-abortion activists.

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Last month, Trump distanced himself from traditional Republican policy on abortion by deferring to the states. Around the same time, he also ripped into Arizona’s 160-year-old abortion law, contending that it “went too far” by banning all abortions except those “necessary to save” a pregnant person’s life.

During his interview with KDKA, Trump — who is again running for the White House — suggested that the states will take point on contraception, too.

“Things really do have a lot to do with the states, and some states are gonna have different policies than others,” he told the Pittsburgh TV station.

*** Last month, Trump told TIME Magazine that he planned to unveil a policy regarding the mail-order mifepristone drug soon. Mifepristone is part of a two-drug regime to induce an abortion.

The US Supreme Court is set to rule on a case about whether access to the controversial drug should be rolled back.***

[NorthMountain]

I didn’t accuse you of anything.

See again the boolean logic in #31.

I CANNOT READ YOUR MIND.

I cannot know whether the answer in that logic is “yes” or “no” for you.

Only you can know that.

Neither branch of that logic leads to you demanding that I read your mind, so at this point you’re wasting your time. Worse, your wasting MY time. That, at least, ends here and now.

Good Day, Madam.

[stanne]

How is answering the question re your accusation toward me a direction for me to look something up

You implied on a public forum that I have something to be guilty of and that I am angry

Please explain that publicly or it’s slander

[NorthMountain]

ROFL!!!!!

Madam, you are wasting both your time and mine.

Your first sentence is gibberish.

Your second sentence is false.

Your third sentence is missing the point entirely.

You asked to whom the comment about rage refers.

I gave you some simple logic to follow, which will allow any rational person to determine for himself whether the comment refers to him.

Since I cannot read your mind, only you can determine whether or not the comment refers to you. If it does not ... move on with life. If it does, then I suggest dealing with your problems. Either way, hassling me and making demands of me is useless, since (again) I cannot read your mind.

Therefore, this conversation is ended.

[Zathras]

I don’t know anyone who wants restrictions on birth control.