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Donald Trump has sparked an angry response from some conservatives as he unveiled his position on abortion rights on Monday.
The former president said his administration would largely allow individual states to craft their own policies surrounding reproductive rights in a video posted to Truth Social, noting that states will be “different” on the issue.
“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by votes or legislature or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land, in this case, the law of the state,” he said.
After Trump teased his announcement on Sunday, Matt Walsh, a right-wing political activist, wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “There is no such thing as ‘abortion rights.’ Rights are God given and God does not give anyone the right, under any circumstance, to kill children.”
John Hasson, a self-described “very Catholic” writer, added: “The phrase ‘abortion rights’ is a really bad sign here…”
Trump’s abortion position contradicts that of the Republican Study Group (RSG), which in March released a document calling for a 15-week national abortion ban. Just under 80 percent of House Republicans are affiliated with the RSG.
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