Trump Flip-Flops Saying He’ll Vote To Uphold Florida’s Six-Week Abortion Ban In Referendum

Former President Donald Trump announced he would vote to uphold Florida’s six-week abortion ban in the state’s November referendum after flip-flopping statements on abortion over the last week.

This comes after Trump’s previous statement that he would not vote in favor of a six-week abortion ban in Florida, noting in an interview that “you need more time than six weeks.”

He further added that he has “disagreed with that right from the early primaries. When I heard about it, I disagreed with it. At the same time, the Democrats are radical because the nine months is just a ridiculous situation. You can do an abortion in the ninth month. You know, some of the states, like Minnesota and other states, have it where you can actually execute the baby after birth, and all of that stuff is unacceptable. So I will be voting no for that reason.” 

Trump received backlash for these comments from anti-abortion activists.

The Trump campaign swiftly responded to the criticism, stating that “President Trump has not yet said how he will vote on the ballot initiative in Florida, he simply reiterated that he believes six weeks is too short.” As of Friday, Trump stated that he will vote to uphold the six-week abortion ban in the state of Florida. 

Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, stated in an interview that Trump would not support a national abortion ban if elected. Vance stated that “Donald Trump’s view is that we want the individual states and their individual cultures and their unique political sensibilities to make these decisions because we don’t want to have a nonstop federal conflict over this issue,” insisting that Trump will veto such a measure if it were to pass through Congress. 

These remarks come after Trump boasted on the campaign trail about his involvement in appointing the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade. 

The Trump campaign’s attempt to move to a more moderate stance on abortion may lead to the alienation of his far-right pro-life supporters.

In a post on X, Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, wrote, “God have mercy on this nation if this is now the position of what was the Pro-Life Party,” referring to Vance’s comments.