After delivering on his promise to anti-abortion groups to pick justices on the Supreme Court who would get Roe v. Wade overturned, the former president has sought to establish a middle ground on the topic of abortion. Following a series of devastating Republican electoral defeats that were largely over abortion rights, he has sought to distance himself from the topic altogether, culminating in him adopting vastly different rhetoric on the subject than Republicans have entertained previously.

“My Administration will be great for women and their reproductive rights,” he said in a post on Truth Social.

The use of the term “reproductive rights” is rare from Republicans and signifies a major shift from previous periods.

Trump has defended his move to repeal Roe v. Wade, repeatedly arguing that it was what “everyone” wanted and that the topic is now properly back with the states.

“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land,” Trump said in April. “In this case, the law of the state.”

“Many states will be different. Many will have a different number of weeks, or some will have more conservative than others, and that’s what they will be,” the former president added. 

Trump has scoffed at suggestions he would implement a national abortion ban if elected, claims that were repeated in several speeches at the Democratic National Convention.

The recent Trump-backed Republican platform confirmed at the 2024 Republican National Convention struck out language of any abortion bans in a major departure from the past.