{"id":17757,"date":"2024-04-09T12:46:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/trumps-abortion-stance-prompts-pushback-from-lindsey-graham-as-others-rally-behind-former-president\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T12:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:46:47","slug":"trumps-abortion-stance-prompts-pushback-from-lindsey-graham-as-others-rally-behind-former-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/trumps-abortion-stance-prompts-pushback-from-lindsey-graham-as-others-rally-behind-former-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s abortion stance prompts pushback from Lindsey Graham as others rally behind former president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable\">A top Republican senator and Trump-endorser is among those criticizing the former president over his Monday announcement on abortion, in which he claimed restrictions on the procedure should be decided by individual states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u2018I respectfully disagree with President Trump\u2019s statement that abortion is a states\u2019 rights issue,\u2019 Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a statement on Monday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump made his much-anticipated announcement in a video the same day, stating his belief that the states should legislate their own limitations on abortion rather than the federal government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The states will determine by vote, or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land \u2013 in this case, the law of the state,\u2019 he said in a video on Truth Social. \u2018Many states will be different. Many states will have a different number of weeks\u2026at the end of the day it is all about the will of the people.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>This was shot down by Graham, who claimed, \u2018The states\u2019 rights only rationale today runs contrary to an American consensus that would limit late-term abortions and will age about as well as the Dred Scott decision.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The science is clear \u2013 a child at fifteen weeks is well-developed and is capable of feeling pain.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump responded to Graham\u2019s statement on Truth Social, claiming the senator \u2018is doing a great disservice to the Republican Party, and to our Country.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The former president said Graham may not understand that \u2018the Radical Left Democrats, who are destroying our Country, will never approve anything that he or the Republicans want.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Many Good Republicans lost Elections because of this Issue, and people like Lindsey Graham, that are unrelenting, are handing Democrats their dream of the House, Senate, and perhaps even the Presidency\u2026,\u2019 Trump continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other GOP lawmakers responded differently than Graham. Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., co-chair of the GOP Doctors Caucus, told Fox News Digital in a statement, \u2018Regarding a national ban on abortion, I agree with President Trump.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As a pro-life conservative, I do not support abortion but I believe the Supreme Court made it clear that the Constitution protects the right of states to determine their own policies,\u2019 he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, former House Freedom Caucus Chair and Trump ally Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., told Fox News Digital, \u2018The U.S. Supreme Court ensured that states can now make decisions regarding abortion and I support the court\u2019s decision. The radical Left demands absolutely no limit on how or when pre-born babies can be aborted and who pays for it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said, \u2018We support President Trump\u2019s statement today. We believe wholeheartedly in protecting IVF, protecting exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother, and today abortion is left to the states. That is the law of the land.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Republican responses to Trump\u2019s announcement were limited, continuing a pattern of apprehension when it comes to commenting on abortion, an issue that\u2019s been a political lightening rod since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to harness frustration over the matter, President Biden\u2019s campaign and Democrats across the country have argued that Republicans would usher in a national ban on abortion if they re-gain power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement, \u2018Let\u2019s wait a few weeks and see what his new position will be,\u2019 referencing Trump\u2019s previous back-and-forth over the issue and his stance on federal policy to address it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., who faces a competitive election this year in the pivotal swing state of Wisconsin, slammed Trump following his video. \u2018Millions of women across Wisconsin have lost the freedom to control their own bodies because of Donald Trump and Eric Hovde,\u2019 she said in a statement released by her campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Today, we heard it loud and clear: if Donald Trump is President and Eric Hovde is elected to the U.S. Senate, they will ensure abortion is illegal for women across our state. While they run to restrict our rights, I will never stop fighting to restore and protect our freedoms,\u2019 she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Trump said he did not support a federal restriction on abortion, Baldwin\u2019s campaign pointed out that the reversal of Roe v. Wade, which Trump took credit for, allowed a restriction on the procedure in Wisconsin from 1849 to go into effect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Montanans of all stripes don\u2019t want the federal government telling them what to do, and they don\u2019t want politicians or judges stripping away their personal freedoms,\u2019 said Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., in a statement to Fox News Digital. Tester similarly faces a competitive re-election race come November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018While politicians in Montana are actively working to ban abortion in our state, I will always fight to protect Montana women\u2019s freedom to make their own health care decisions,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., the No. 3 House Democrat, told Fox News Digital, \u2018Here\u2019s the truth: Donald Trump masterminded the end of Roe v. Wade. He\u2019s the reason millions of women are suffering under cruel abortion bans, and he\u2019s the reason American women now have less freedom than their grandmothers.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., suggested in a post on X that Trump\u2019s words were not trustworthy, reacting to the video.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018An old saying goes: \u2018watch what they do, not what they say,\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He\u2019d sign a national abortion ban into law\u2014no matter how much he tries to deny it,\u2019 Kaine added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Donald Trump has signaled that by leaving abortion up to the states, he endorses draconian laws like Florida\u2019s recent 6 week abortion ban, or Alabama\u2019s Supreme Court\u2019s decision that would outlaw IVF,\u2019 Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., author of Women\u2019s Health Protection Act, told Fox News Digital in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent March Fox News Poll, 65% of all voters said they supported legalizing abortion nationwide, including 42% of Republicans and 65% of independents.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top Republican senator and Trump-endorser is among those criticizing the former president over his Monday announcement on abortion, in which he claimed restrictions on the procedure should be decided by individual states.\u00a0 \u2018I respectfully disagree with President Trump\u2019s statement that abortion is a states\u2019 rights issue,\u2019 Sen. 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