Former President Trump on Monday declined to take a position on a potential federal abortion ban and said the fate of the procedure should be left to individual states.
Trump, in a roughly four-minute video posted to Truth Social, once again said he was proud to have ended Roe v. Wade through the appointment of conservative Supreme Court justices, but did not endorse any kind of federal abortion legislation, which some conservative groups have pushed him to do.
“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint,” Trump said. “The states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. In this case, the law of the state.”
“Many states will be different. Many will have a different number of weeks or some will have more conservative than others and that’s what they will be,” he added. “At the end of the day this is all about the will of the people. You must follow your heart, or in many cases your religion or your faith.”
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