Trump empowered pro-life movement to negotiate abortion policy and believes exceptions are crucial for election success.

Former President Donald Trump has been vocal about his role in overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion precedent last year. He credits his appointment of three Supreme Court justices, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barret, for supporting the decision to overturn the precedent during last year’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This decision allows states to legislate aspects of abortion not already covered by federal law.

“I was able to do something for 52 years they’ve been trying to do, I was able to get rid of Roe v. Wade and what that did, it did a lot of things, but what it really did is it gave pro-life people the right to negotiate and a tremendous power to negotiate,” Trump told Just The News host John Solomon.

Trump believes that his actions have given pro-life advocates greater power to negotiate and set abortion policy. He stated in an interview with Just The News that, “Now the pro-life people, they’re in a tremendous position to get something where everybody can agree.”

Trump’s Stance on Abortion

While Trump has taken credit for bringing about the repeal of Roe v. Wade, he recently appeared to criticize Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for passing a ban on abortions in Florida after six weeks. In a May 15 interview with The Messenger, Trump said, “If you look at what DeSantis did, a lot of people don’t even know if he knew what he was doing. But he signed six weeks, and many people within the pro-life movement feel that that was too harsh.”

Trump’s comments come as DeSantis has been widely rumored to be preparing a 2024 Republican presidential campaign. Trump has led DeSantis in a range of hypothetical 2024 matchups, but DeSantis has led other Republican candidates in the 2024 field.

DeSantis appeared to reference Trump’s comments about the six-week abortion ban during an address to the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention in Florida on Monday. “Let’s be very clear on this that when we are acting to protect an unborn child that has a detectable heartbeat, that is humane, that is not harsh, it is the right thing to do,” DeSantis said.

In a May 17 interview with Newsmax, Trump said he believes he can bring about an abortion policy “that the whole country can agree with” and that option is now available “only because I got us out of the Roe v. Wade where the pro-life people had absolutely nothing to say.”

Summary

• Trump takes credit for overturning Roe v. Wade
• He appointed three Supreme Court justices who supported the decision to overturn the precedent
• Trump believes his actions have given pro-life advocates greater power to negotiate and set abortion policy
• He recently criticized Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for passing a ban on abortions in Florida after six weeks
• DeSantis has been widely rumored to be preparing a 2024 Republican presidential campaign
• Trump believes he can bring about an abortion policy “that the whole country can agree with”