Abortion rights advocates push back after Donald Trump calls for 'late-term' abortion ban in SOTU address
Multiple abortion rights advocates slammed President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday after he called for a federal ban on "the late-term abortion of children who can feel pain in the mother’s womb."
The president called for the ban in the wake of a new law in New York expanding abortion rights.
Trump, in his address, said: "To defend the dignity of every person, I am asking the Congress to pass legislation to prohibit the late-term abortion of children who can feel pain in the mother’s womb. Let us work together to build a culture that cherishes innocent life. And let us reaffirm a fundamental truth: all children — born and unborn — are made in the holy image of God.”
The New York legislation, called the Reproductive Health Act, expanded abortion rights to allow a woman to get an abortion after 24 weeks if her health is threatened and the fetus has no chance of surviving outside the womb.