{"id":2178357,"date":"2024-02-16T16:25:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T21:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-denies-report-he-privately-supports-16-week-abortion-limit\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T16:26:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T21:26:33","slug":"trump-denies-report-he-privately-supports-16-week-abortion-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-denies-report-he-privately-supports-16-week-abortion-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump denies supporting 16-week abortion limit in private"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-denies-report-he-privately-supports-16-week-abortion-limit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2178357&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Trump Denies Report on Abortion Limit<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump \u2064has vehemently denied a report claiming that he supports a 16-week abortion limit. \u200bHis campaign \u200bhas dismissed the report as \u2063&#8221;fake \u2064news&#8221; and stated\u2062 that Trump \u2064would seek to negotiate\u200b a deal\u2062 that satisfies all parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times had reported earlier that\u200b Trump privately expressed support for the 16-week \u2062limit,\u2062 with exceptions for cases \u200bof rape, incest, and to save the life of the mother. However, Trump&#8217;s stance on abortion limitations \u2064during \u2063his 2024 candidacy remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>While some Republicans and organizations have advocated for a 15-week restriction, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-supreme-court-rules-law-banning-gender-procedures-on-minors-can-take-effect\/\" title=\"Texas Supreme Court allows law banning gender procedures on minors to be enforced.\">citing scientific evidence<\/a> of fetal\u200b pain, Trump has emphasized the\u2063 need for a compromise\u2064 that garners support from both sides of\u2064 the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has accused Democrats\u200b of holding an extreme position on abortion, claiming that they support unrestricted access to abortion throughout pregnancy. His campaign argues\u200b that Joe\u200b Biden and\u2064 most Democrats \u200cin \u200bCongress endorse &#8220;radical on-demand abortion&#8221; and the use of taxpayer \u2062funds\u2062 for the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>The report also suggests that\u200b Trump sees abortion as a potential weak\u2063 spot for \u200bthe GOP\u2064 and that he considers\u200b support \u200cfor exceptions to be crucial. However, this contradicts previous reports that Senator Tim Scott, who is conservative on the issue, is being\u200d considered\u200d as a potential\u200d vice presidential \u2062candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Trump\u200d does\u200b support a 16-week\u2064 restriction, it remains \u200duncertain if this\u2062 would satisfy\u200b the conservative base of the party, as the majority\u200d of abortions occur before 13 weeks \u200dgestation. Nonetheless,\u2062 the\u200c 15-week restriction\u200b is seen by many Republicans as a stepping\u200d stone towards broader\u2062 limitations, potentially\u2062 reflecting a shift in societal views on the procedure.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What has been reported about Trump&#8217;s stance on abortion\u200c limitations during his 2024 candidacy?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200dFormer President Donald Trump\u200c has vehemently denied a report claiming that \u200bhe supports\u200c a 16-week abortion limit. His campaign has\u200d dismissed the report as &#8220;fake news&#8221; and stated\u2063 that Trump would seek to negotiate a \u2062deal that satisfies all parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062New York Times had reported earlier that Trump privately expressed support for \u2063the 16-week limit, with exceptions for cases of rape, incest, and to save \u2062the \u200blife\u200c of the mother. However, Trump&#8217;s stance on abortion \u2064limitations during his 2024 \u2062candidacy \u200bremains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>While some Republicans and \u2062organizations have advocated for a 15-week restriction, citing\u200d scientific evidence of fetal \u200bpain,\u200d Trump has \u200cemphasized the need for \u200ca compromise that garners support \u200bfrom both sides \u200dof \u200dthe issue.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2063 has accused Democrats of holding an extreme position on abortion, claiming that they support unrestricted \u2063access to abortion throughout\u2062 pregnancy. His campaign argues that Joe Biden and most Democrats in Congress endorse &#8220;radical on-demand abortion&#8221; and the use of taxpayer funds for \u200dthe procedure.<\/p>\n<p>The report also suggests that Trump sees abortion as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crypto-investors-lost-nearly-4-billion-to-hackers-last-year\/\" title=\"Crypto Investors Lost Nearly  Billion to Hackers Last Year\">potential weak spot<\/a> for\u2064 the GOP and that \u2063he\u200d considers \u2064support for exceptions to be crucial. However, \u2063this contradicts previous reports that Senator Tim Scott, who is conservative\u200d on the issue, is being considered as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-nikki-haley-to-endorse-marco-rubios-reelection-campaign\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Nikki Haley To Endorse Marco Rubio\u2019s Reelection Campaign\">potential vice presidential candidate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Trump does \u200dsupport a 16-week restriction, it remains uncertain if this would satisfy the conservative \u2064base \u200cof the party, as the majority of abortions occur \u200cbefore 13 weeks gestation. \u200bNonetheless, the 15-week restriction is seen\u200b by many Republicans as a\u200c stepping stone towards broader limitations, potentially reflecting \u200ba shift in societal views\u200b on the procedure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump dismissed a report claiming he supports a 16-week abortion limit, labeling the source as &#8220;fake news.&#8221; Trump&#8217;s campaign spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, clarified that he would engage in negotiations with all parties involved to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement, as he has previously stated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2178358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24047082134631-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2178357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24047082134631-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2178357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2178358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2178357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2178357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2178357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}