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After the overturning of Roe v. Wade, abortion remains a highly contentious topic among state voters, and President Donald Trump has found himself right in the middle of it.
During his term in the White House, Trump appointed three U.S. Supreme Court justices, which ultimately resulted in the overturning of federal abortion protections in Roe v. Wade in 2022.
It is integral to note that President Trump is the first pro-life president in five decades to make any type of progress for the pro-life movement as a whole, and in early April, the president announced that his official policy stance on abortion moving forward was that it was a state’s right issue.
Trump said in an official policy video, “At the end of the day, this is all about the will of the people. You must follow your heart or in many cases, your religion or your faith. Do what’s right for your family and do what’s right for yourself, do what’s right for your children, do what’s right for our country and VOTE.”
On Tuesday, TIME magazine published an in-depth profile about President Trump as he seeks to regain the Oval Office. The feature covered a variety of topics, ranging from foreign policy and trade to the U.S. economy and rising crime.
Writer Eric Cortellessa asked Trump if he would be willing to issue a statement on his stance on the abortion pill mifepristone.
Trump said, “I’ll be doing it [an announcement] over the next week or two. But I don’t think it will be shocking, frankly. But I’ll be doing it over the next week or two. We’re for helping women, Eric. I am for helping women.”
He reiterated his strong support for in vitro fertilization, or IVF, earlier this year, prompting Republicans to follow his lead on the issue. “You know, it’s about helping women, not hurting women. And so IVF is now, I think, really part of what we do. And that was important.”