Catholic leaders in the pro-life movement weighed in on former President Donald Trump’s Monday announcement that abortion should be a state issue.
“The states will determine by vote, or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land – in this case, the law of the state,” stated Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican Presidential nominee.
“Many states will be different,” he added. “Many states will have a different number of weeks … at the end of the day it is all about the will of the people.”
Also in his announcement, Trump expressed support for in vitro fertilization (IVF) saying, “The Republican Party should always be on the side of the miracle of life … IVF is an important part of that.”
“The federal government cannot abandon women and children exploited by abortion. Leaving abortion policy to the states is not sufficient,” CatholicVote wrote on X (formerly Twitter) Monday morning.
“While federal legislation on abortion policy is challenging at present, we are confident that a Trump administration will be staffed with pro-life personnel committed to pro-life policies, including conscience rights, limits on taxpayer funding of abortion, and protections for pro-life states,” CatholicVote added:
President Trump’s latest statement on abortion reflects the electoral minefield created by Democrat abortion fanaticism. The fact remains that pro-life voters need to win elections to protect mothers and children.
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Further, Democrats are now preparing a billion-dollar election year barrage with radical abortion as its centerpiece. While Trump did not commit to any specific pro-life policies, he notably will not stand in the way of states that have acted to protect innocent children from the violent abortion industry.
“The contrast between Joe Biden and the Democrats and President Trump is unmistakable,” CatholicVote’s statement concluded. “Pro-life voters have only one option in November.”
Students For Life America President Kristan Hawkins indicated that while she supports a pro-life law at the national level, Trump’s decision to punt on endorsing one was a “strategic position.”
“GOP insiders were calling for a 15 or 16 week limit on abortion, which would’ve allowed more than 9 out of 10 abortions to continue, and, by either intent or by accident, would set up a very tough European-like stalemate on abortion,” Hawkins explained on X.
She wrote that Trump’s emphasis on addressing abortion at the state level “keeps the pressure on Democrats and their abortion extremism instead of letting their fundraising machines stir up their radical base over threats about a [federal] late-term abortion ‘ban’ that would only save 4-6% of children.”
“Our ultimate goal in the pro-life movement is federal protection of human life,” Hawkins added. “Your human right not to be killed shouldn’t begin or end at a state line. However, it’s going to take time to get there.”
“Trump made the right call – and this leaves room for better action to be taken down the road,” she stressed.
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