{"id":2333779,"date":"2024-08-29T17:53:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T21:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signals-hell-vote-against-floridas-six-week-abortion-ban-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T17:56:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T21:56:33","slug":"trump-signals-hell-vote-against-floridas-six-week-abortion-ban-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signals-hell-vote-against-floridas-six-week-abortion-ban-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signals he&#8217;ll vote against Florida&#8217;s six-week abortion ban &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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-signals-hell-vote-against-floridas-six-week-abortion-ban-washington-examiner%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=2333779&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>Former President Donald \u200dTrump\u2064 has indicated\u2062 his intention to vote against Florida\u2019s six<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-says-his-campaign-strategy-is-more-of-the-same-to-win-over-iowa-voters\/\" title=\"Tim Scott&#039;s campaign strategy for winning over Iowa voters is to stick with &quot;more of the same.&quot;\">-week\u200b abortion ban<\/a> in the upcoming referendum this fall. \u2062This ban,\u2062 which follows the 2022 Supreme Court decision\u2064 to repeal Roe v. Wade, has drawn\u2063 criticism from Trump, who\u200b considers the\u2063 six-week limit \u2064too restrictive. During an interview, Trump \u200bstated, &#8220;I want \u200bmore than six\u2064 weeks,&#8221; revealing his\u200b stance against the ban.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump has previously taken credit for appointing justices who supported\u200c overturning Roe v. Wade, he has also alienated some in the anti-abortion movement due to his opposition to federal restrictions. He has emphasized that decisions regarding abortion should be made\u2062 at the state level but has not clarified whether\u2062 he would support\u2064 or oppose a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-where-republican-presidential-candidates-stand-on-pro-life-policies-after-the-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Republican candidates&#039; positions on pro-life policies after the GOP debate.\">federal\u2063 abortion ban<\/a> if proposed during a potential second \u200bterm. His campaign has not addressed the conflicting statements made by allies regarding his position\u2062 on abortion. Democrats have criticized Trump&#8217;s \u2062stance as\u2063 disingenuous, suggesting it reflects a lack of \u2063commitment to genuine reproductive rights.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump signals he&rsquo;ll vote against Florida&rsquo;s six-week abortion ban in November<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1741884\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> signaled Thursday that he plans to vote for <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Florida<\/a>&lsquo;s abortion referendum this fall, which would reverse his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-criticizes-bidens-weekend-at-bernies-presidency-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis criticizes Biden&#039;s &#039;Weekend at Bernie&#039;s presidency&#039; - Washington Examiner\">home state&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s six-week abortion ban that went into effect following the Supreme Court&rsquo;s 2022&nbsp;repeal of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Though Trump has taken credit for installing the Supreme Court justices who struck down the ruling, which created a national right to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3134547\/harris-trump-abortion-women-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion<\/a>, he has also angered the anti-abortion movement by opposing restrictions on the procedure at the federal level.<\/p>\n<p>The former president previously hinted that he would soon unveil how he planned to vote on the Florida referendum, known as Amendment 4, during a press conference earlier this month, but in a Thursday interview with the&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13792467\/donald-trump-abortion-florida-ban.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Daily Mail<\/a><\/em>, he revealed that he considers a six<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-places-ban-on-steven-crowder-over-makhia-bryant-video-crowder-look-what-youtube-does-allow\/\" title=\"YouTube Places Ban On Steven Crowder Over Ma\u2019Khia Bryant Video; Crowder: Look What YouTube Does Allow\">-week ban<\/a> too restrictive.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want more than six weeks,&rdquo; he stated.&nbsp;&ldquo;I think six weeks is a mistake. And I&rsquo;ll be expressing that soon, but I want more than six weeks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has consistently argued this year that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/argentina-church-asks-lawmakers-to-search-their-hearts-ahead-of-abortion-vote\/\" title=\"Argentina church asks lawmakers to search their hearts ahead of abortion vote\">abortion rights<\/a> should be decided at the state level, a point he again stated in his interview, but he did not say outright Thursday whether he would veto or sign a federal abortion ban into law should it come across his desk in a second term.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) made headlines over the weekend by pledging that Trump would not sign a federal abortion ban into law as president, and the former president himself claimed on social media Friday that a second Trump &ldquo;administration will be great for women and their reproductive rights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign did not respond to inquiries seeking to square his and Vance&rsquo;s comments.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3132179\/dnc-buzz-finale-fizzle-beyonce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> argue that Trump&rsquo;s positions on the issue amount to empty promises.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This seems so blatantly obvious it almost doesn&rsquo;t bear mentioning, but Donald Trump cannot be trusted &mdash; on abortion, or any other issue,&rdquo; a veteran Democratic strategist with close ties to Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s 2024 campaign told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner&nbsp;<\/em>earlier this week. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s just covering his a** because this is clearly a losing issue for him, and, in doing so, he&rsquo;s pissing off a big chunk of his own base.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anti-abortion activists have voiced frustration with Trump&rsquo;s handling of the political issue, claiming that he is betraying the movement with his pivot to the middle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is not a pro-life position, it&rsquo;s not an acceptable position, and it does not provide the contrast on this issue to the degree that we have had in the past between him and Kamala Harris,&rdquo; Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said after Trump came out against using the Comstock Act to ban sending abortion medication through the mail. &ldquo;What President Trump is doing is suppressing his own support.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1741884\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1741884\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump indicates he will oppose Florida&#8217;s six-week abortion ban in November. On Thursday, former President Donald Trump announced his intention to support Florida&#8217;s upcoming abortion referendum, which aims to overturn the state&#8217;s six-week abortion ban that was implemented after the Supreme Court&#8217;s 2022 decision to repeal Roe v. Wade. While Trump has claimed responsibility for appointing the justices who dismantled this ruling, he has also frustrated anti-abortion advocates by opposing federal restrictions on abortion. Earlier this month, he hinted at revealing his voting intentions regarding the Florida referendum, known as Amendment 4, and during a recent interview with the Daily Mail, he expressed that a six-week limit is too restrictive: &#8220;I want more than six weeks,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think six weeks is a mistake.&#8221; Throughout this year, Trump has maintained that decisions about abortion rights should be made at the state level but did not clarify whether he would support or veto a federal abortion ban if it reached him during a potential second term. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) recently stated that Trump would not endorse such a ban as president; meanwhile, Trump claimed on social media that his next administration would benefit women and their reproductive rights. The Trump campaign did not address discrepancies between Trump&#8217;s and Vance\u2019s statements. Democrats have criticized Trump&#8217;s stance as insincere: \u201cIt\u2019s clear Donald Trump cannot be trusted\u2014on abortion or any other issue,\u201d remarked a Democratic strategist close to Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s 2024 campaign in an interview with the Washington Examiner earlier this week. \u201cHe\u2019s just trying to protect himself because this is clearly an unfavorable issue for him while alienating part of his own base.\u201d Anti-abortion activists have expressed disappointment with Trump&#8217;s approach to this political matter, arguing that he&#8217;s straying from core pro-life principles by moderating his stance. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council commented after Trump&#8217;s opposition to using the Comstock Act for banning mail delivery of abortion medication: \u201cWhat President Trump is doing is suppressing his own support.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2333780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/trump-abortion.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4310,5113,39703,3634],"class_list":["post-2333779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-abortion","tag-florida","tag-six-week-ban","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/trump-abortion.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333779","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}