Reports that Donald Trump plans to endorse a 16-week national abortion ban quickly exacerbated the pending political battle on abortion policy to come during the 2024 presidential campaign, with advocates on both sides seeing the report as advantageous to their side.
A New York Times report Friday that Trump plans to endorse a national ban after the GOP presidential primary spurred a flurry of action from advocacy groups on both sides of the debate. According to the report, the ban would include exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother.
Trump quickly pushed back on the report, with his campaign calling the report “fake” news in a statement released Friday afternoon. Instead, they said Trump planned to “sit down with both sides and negotiate a deal everyone will be happy with.” The campaign did not provide any further details.
