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TRUMP CAMPAIGN SCRAMBLES OVER ABORTION BAN REPORT AS DEMOCRATS SEIZE THE MOMENT

The Trump campaign said it was "fake news" that he supports a 16-week abortion
ban, as Democrats were quick to hit him on it.

Former President Donald Trump, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks at a
campaign rally in North Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday.David Yeazell / AP
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Feb. 16, 2024, 10:18 AM HST
By Natasha Korecki, Jonathan Allen and Kristen Welker

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s campaign and abortion rights advocates ripped
into former President Donald Trump on abortion Friday following a report that he
has given private signals in favor of a national ban on abortions after 16 weeks
of pregnancy that would include exceptions in cases of rape, incest and when the
woman’s life is in danger.

During his presidential campaign, Trump has steered clear of taking a public
position on a prospective national ban — which would require congressional
approval — but The New York Times reported Friday that he has indicated behind
closed doors that he likes the idea of prohibiting abortion after 16 weeks in
most cases.




A source familiar with conversations told NBC News that he has talked to his
advisers about supporting abortion rights up to 16 weeks as well, although a
separate source cautioned he had not settled on a federal ban. The Trump
campaign in a statement blasted reporting suggesting otherwise as "fake news."

“As President Trump has stated, he would sit down with both sides and negotiate
a deal that everyone will be happy with,” Trump campaign national press
secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. “Joe Biden and virtually every
Democrat in Congress is on the record supporting radical on-demand abortion.”

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Trump criticizes Republicans pushing abortion bans with no exceptions: ‘You’re
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The Biden campaign and abortion rights advocates seized on the potential
political fallout, quickly hosting a press call to frame the former president as
a dangerous and extreme possibility should he be elected in November.

Biden himself released a lengthy statement laying out the impact of Roe v.
Wade's reversal, including the passage of stringent anti-abortion laws in
conservative states.



"Now, after being the one responsible for taking away women’s freedom, after
being the one to put women’s lives in danger, after being the one who has
unleashed all this cruelty and chaos all across America, Trump is running
scared. He’s afraid the women of America are going to hold him responsible for
taking away their rights and endangering their rights at the ballot box in
November," Biden said in the statement. "The choice is very simple. Kamala and I
will restore Roe v. Wade and make it once again the law of the land. Donald
Trump will ban abortion nationwide."

In a January NBC News poll of registered voters, 44% said they thought Biden
would handle abortion better than Trump, with 32% saying the reverse. Trump, who
appointed three of the Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade
abortion protections in 2022, has blamed Republican electoral losses on GOP
candidates pushing stricter abortion bans at the state and national levels.

“I just want folks to understand that all abortion bans are radical and voters
dislike them deeply,” Reproductive Freedom for All President Mini Timmaraju said
on a call hosted by the Biden campaign on Friday. “Exceptions are designed not
to work, and they’re impossible to enforce in these incredibly draconian states
with these extreme bans. So it’s gonna be our job as advocates to make that
clear to the American people, this is not a moderate position, and we have to
debunk that aggressively and often.”


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Marjorie Dannenfelser, a key Trump ally on the issue and president of the
anti-abortion SBA List, lauded the idea of a 16-week ban Friday.

"We strongly agree with President Trump on protecting babies from abortion
violence at least by a point when they feel pain," Dannenfelser said in a
statement to NBC News. "President Trump wants to lead in finding consensus, and
this is around where the nation is."

Trump once took credit for his role in limiting access to abortion, having
boasted in May: “I was able to kill Roe v. Wade.” In a September interview with
NBC’s “Meet the Press,” he toned down his talk but mentioned 15 weeks as a
possible number.



Trump said then that “people are starting to think of 15 weeks” as “a number
that people are talking about right now” in terms of a federal abortion ban, but
quickly added, “No, no,” when asked if he would sign such legislation as
president.

“We’re going to agree to a number of weeks or months or however you want to
define it,” he said. “And both sides are going to come together, and both sides
— both sides, and this is a big statement — both sides will come together. And
for the first time in 52 years, you’ll have an issue that we can put behind us.”


Natasha Korecki

Natasha Korecki is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.


Jonathan Allen

Jonathan Allen is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News, based in
Washington.


Kristen Welker

Kristen Welker is the moderator of "Meet the Press".



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