After raising concerns among pro-life conservatives with his comments on abortion on Thursday, former President Donald Trump said he will vote “no” on the leftist pro-abortion Florida ballot initiative this November.
On Thursday, Trump said he disagrees with Florida’s current six-week abortion limitation, arguing, “There has to be more time” and claiming, “I’m going to be voting that we leave more than six weeks.” The former president’s comments alarmed pro-life conservatives who wondered if Trump was considering voting in favor of Florida Amendment 4, which would add constitutional protections in the state for abortion through nine months of pregnancy. Trump put those speculations to rest on Friday.
“I disagreed with [the six-week limitation] right from the early primaries when I heard about it. I disagreed with it,” Trump told a reporter before taking the stage for a rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on Friday. “At the same time, the Democrats are radical because the nine months is just a ridiculous situation, where you can do an abortion in the ninth month.”
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“You know, some of the states, like Minnesota and other states, have it where you can actually execute the baby after birth, and all of that stuff is unacceptable,” Trump added. “So, I’ll be voting ‘no’ for that reason.”
#BREAKING: Former President Trump is “no” on Florida’s abortion Amendment 4, saying the amendment is too extreme
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— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) August 30, 2024
Pro-life Republicans, including Catholics and evangelicals, who condemned Trump’s statement on Thursday thanked the Republican nominee for clarifying his position on the Florida abortion initiative on Friday.
“Thank you, @realDonaldTrump! Please help the great people of Florida defeat this horrific amendment!” said Live Action founder Lila Rose. “If Trump starts talking like former President Trump who at the March for Life said ‘Together, we must protect, cherish, and defend the dignity and sanctity of every human life,’ he may just win this election.”
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“This is an encouraging development that I am glad to see,” wrote Andrew T. Walker, Ethics & Public Theology Professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. “There is little doubt that the outpouring of responses from yesterday led to this. Continue speaking up. President Trump must know he cannot abandon pro-lifers.”
“The correct position,” replied Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX).