Former President Donald Trump said his shift in position on a federal abortion ban is because the nation no longer needs one.
“We don’t need it any longer because we broke Roe v. Wade, and we did something that nobody thought was possible,” President Trump said during an April 12 press conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
He added that the legal process was now working “the way it’s supposed to,” with the states deciding for themselves where they stand on abortion.
“What we did was give it back to the states, and now the states are working their way through it. And you’re going to—you’re having some very, very beautiful harmony to be honest with you,” he said….