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Salon
Salon
Politics
Jessica Corbett

Trump's quiet federal abortion ban plot

The architect of a Texas law that entices anti-choice vigilantes with $10,000 bounties supposedly wants former President Donald Trump and his allies to shut up about abortion until after the November presidential election — when right-wingers hope to implement "legally sophisticated" and unpopular forced-pregnancy policies.

After reporting on Friday that Trump "likes the idea of a 16-week national abortion ban" with exceptions for rape, incest, or to save the life of the pregnant person, The New York Times revealed on Saturday that lawyers and strategists in his "orbit" are crafting more complex plans.

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