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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Hugo Lowell and Lauren Gambino

Trump considers federal abortion ban a vote-loser and is unlikely to support one

Donald Trump is shown on a screen speaking to a crowd as a person holds a sign reading 'Most pro-life president ever'.
Former president Donald Trump speaks at the anti-abortion March for Life rally on 24 January 2020. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump considers a federal abortion ban a losing proposal for Republicans as the party prepares to enter the first presidential election since the supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade – and is unlikely to support such a policy, according to people close to him.

The former president has told allies in recent days that his gut feeling remains leaving the matter of reproductive rights to the states – following the court’s reasoning in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization that ended 50 years of federal abortion protections.

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