Here's why Donald Trump thinks Roe v Wade overturn is 'bad' for 2024 elections
The Supreme Court on Friday, June 24, overturned its landmark decision in Roe v Wade that established the right to an abortion, with a ruling that marks a shift in abortion laws and limiting and banning the access to the procedure in half of the states, in some places immediately. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump praised the Supreme Court publicly for overturning a federal right to an abortion, a conservative victory that was pushed over the top by his picks for the high court. "This is following the Constitution, and giving rights back when they should have been given long ago," Trump told Fox News. But, said privately that Roe v Wade is "bad for Republicans".
Privately, however, Trump has said that overturning Roe v Wade would be "bad for Republicans," according to The New York Times. After a draft copy of the decision was leaked in May, Trump began saying that it would anger suburban women, a group who helped tilt the 2020 race to President Joe Biden, and would lead to a backlash against Republicans in the November midterm elections. Trump's response demonstrates how he has tried to play both sides of the debate after making an explicit campaign promise that he would only name justices that would overturn Roe v Wade.
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Gov Ron DeSantis of Florida, the Republican whom a number of Trump’s former supporters have expressed interest in seeing as a 2024 candidate, signed a bill this spring banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. In Trump's perspective, measures like the six-week abortion ban in Texas, which allows people to file lawsuits against those who enable abortions beyond that time frame, are “so stupid,” according to a person with direct knowledge of the discussions.
Trump offered a much more muted response than his former vice president, Mike Pence, who celebrated the landmark ruling that was decades in the making. Pence issued a statement saying, “Life won,” as he called for abortion opponents to keep fighting “in every state in the land.” However, by Friday afternoon, Trump put out a statement taking a victory lap. “Today’s decision, which is the biggest WIN for LIFE in a generation, along with other decisions that have been announced recently, was only made possible because I delivered everything as promised, including nominating and getting three highly respected and strong Constitutionalists confirmed to the United States Supreme Court,” Trump said.
"I think, in the end, this is something that will work out for everybody." "This brings everything back to the states where it has always belonged," Trump said. Yet, as he faces possible prosecution over his efforts to subvert the 2020 election and prepares for a likely 2024 presidential campaign. Trump supported abortion rights for many years, although he said he abhorred the procedure. In 2011, preparing for a possible campaign, he reversed course and told a conservative political conference that he opposed abortion rights. And throughout his political career, he has privately called it a “tough issue” and publicly struggled to discuss it.