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Ed Pilkington in New York

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley downplays federal abortion ban

Nikki Haley is suffering from low polling – only 4.2%.
Nikki Haley is suffering from low polling – only 4.2%. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina who is vying for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has distanced herself from calls for a federal abortion ban, saying that to promise such a universal barrier to terminations would be to lie to the American people.

In an interview with CBS News’s Face the Nation on Sunday, Haley declined to follow some of her other potential Republican rivals for the presidency by backing a nationwide ban through congressional legislation. Instead, she said it was up to each state to set its own limit on abortion.

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