{"id":2241655,"date":"2024-05-10T09:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-lays-down-stance-on-attempts-to-pass-national-abortion-ban\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T10:01:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:01:33","slug":"mike-johnson-lays-down-stance-on-attempts-to-pass-national-abortion-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-lays-down-stance-on-attempts-to-pass-national-abortion-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson clarifies position on proposed national abortion ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fmike-johnson-lays-down-stance-on-attempts-to-pass-national-abortion-ban%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=2241655&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--><p>House \u2063Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed his\u200c views on the impossibility of a nationwide abortion\u200d ban. Despite his anti-abortion history, he acknowledges the need to set aside\u2062 personal beliefs\u2063 for governance. Johnson, with a legal background, approaches the \u200dissue \u200dfrom a different angle. He confirmed to Politico that he has no intentions of\u200b advocating for a national\u2063 abortion \u2064ban \u2064in a potential second Trump\u200c presidency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2024\/05\/10\/maga-mike-vs-speaker-johnson-00157258?nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=b184d69e-b2a2-4eb9-933e-7e669f36c25d&#038;nlid=630318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> does not see <\/a>a path to a nationwide <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion<\/a> ban. <\/p>\n<p>Despite Johnson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photo-evidence-dominion-voting-machines-have-made-in-china-labels\/\" title=\"PHOTO EVIDENCE: Dominion Voting Machines Have \u201cMade in China\u201d Labels\">long history<\/a> of being an anti-abortion advocate, both as a lawyer and as a representative, his new role as a leader has forced him to put some strong beliefs aside in the name of governance. With a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-names-the-specific-crime-that-may-have-been-committed-in-leak-of-supreme-court-draft\/\" title=\"Bill Barr Names The Specific Crime That May Have Been Committed In Leak Of Supreme Court Draft\">law background<\/a>, he\u2019s looking at it from a different perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I don\u2019t,\u201d Johnson told <em>Politico<\/em> when asked if he had any plans to push for a nationwide abortion ban during a second Trump presidency.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a move away from his views from when he was a rank-and-file member. Then, he<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/10\/25\/new-house-speaker-mike-johnson-on-the-issues-00123627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> co-sponsored federal legislation<\/a> that would have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-introduces-bill-allowing-fathers-to-prevent-an-abortion\/\" title=\"Tennessee Introduces Bill Allowing Fathers To Prevent An Abortion\">banned abortion<\/a> around the six-week mark. He was critical of the legality of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> before it was overturned. He endorsed Justice Clarence Thomas\u2019s opinion that the Supreme Court cases that provide the standing for same-sex marriage and\u00a0restrictions on the use of contraception should be revisited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been some really bad law made,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/goodpods.com\/podcasts\/toddcast-podcast-with-todd-starnes-193062\/praise-god-and-thank-you-president-trump-21639086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \u201cThey\u2019ve made a mess of our jurisprudence in this country for the last several decades. And maybe some of that needs to be cleaned up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abortion bans have been political kryptonite for Republicans since the Supreme Court overturned <em>Roe<\/em>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-lays-down-shocking-stance-on-attempts-to-pass-national-abortion-ban\/\" title=\"Mike Johnson takes a bold stand against proposed national abortion ban\">half-century-long fight<\/a> to demolish the legal precedent that made it nearly impossible for states to restrict abortion was a major victory for former President Donald Trump but has proved to be a lead weight for candidates since.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deep-red states, such as Ohio, saw voters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2450412\/ohio-voters-approve-abortion-rights-amendment-to-state-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reject<\/a> strict abortion rules out of hand, and the 2022 midterm elections that were supposed to result in massive majorities for the GOP turned out to be something Democrats look back fondly on.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s pivot away from his comments that \u201cthe killing of unborn children has been the greatest atrocity that\u2019s been committed in our society\u201d isn\u2019t necessarily a denunciation of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-28\/\" title=\"Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 28)\">anti-abortion views<\/a>. But a clear rejection of any plan to introduce now or in the future a federal abortion ban could signal a sea change in how Republicans are preparing to handle the fallout from the new reality they are in.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) finds no viable route for a national abortion ban. Formerly a staunch anti-abortion advocate, his leadership role requires balancing strong convictions with governance duties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2241656,"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\/05\/AP24128731260464-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2241655","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\/05\/AP24128731260464-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241655","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2241656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}