Former President Donald Trump says each state should follow “the will of the people” and pass state-specific laws on abortion.

“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land, in this case, the law of the state,” Trump said in a video posted on TruthSocial Monday morning.

Trump’s position on abortion has previously been unclear looking towards the 2024 presidential election, despite the fact that the president appointed the Supreme Court justices who were ultimate responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade in June of 2022.

“I want to thank the six justices: Chief Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Neil Gorsuch,” Trump said. He called them “incredible people, for having the courage to allow this long term, hard fought battle to finally end.”

“This 50-year battle over Roe v. Wade took it out of the federal hands and brought it into the hearts, minds, and vote of the people at each state,” he added. “Now it’s up to the states to do the right thing.”

Further clarifying his view on abortion, Trump said he supports “exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother.”

“You must follow your heart of this issue, but remember, you must also win elections to restore our culture and in fact, to save our country, which is currently, and very sadly, a nation in decline,” he added.

“We are deeply disappointed in President Trump’s position,” Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said in a statement Monday morning.

“Unborn children and their mothers deserve national protections and national advocacy from the brutality of the abortion industry. The Dobbs decision clearly allows both states and Congress to act,” Dannenfelser said, referring to the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade.

“Saying the issue is ‘back to the states’ cedes the national debate to the Democrats who are working relentlessly to enact legislation mandating abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy,” Dannenfelser said. “If successful, they will wipe out states’ rights.

Trump criticized Democrats’ abortion positions in his remarks, saying that “Democrats are the radical ones in this position, because they support abortion up to and even beyond the ninth month. The concept of having an abortion in the later months, and even execution after birth, and that’s exactly what it is, the baby is born, the baby is executed after birth, is unacceptable, and almost everyone agrees with that.”

Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life Action praised Trump for “celebrating ‘the ultimate joy in life’ – children and family” in his comments.

“That kind of love and support for the bedrock of society, the family, will be a welcome change in the White House,” “Hawkins said. However, she added, “We clearly have some work to do to educate the Trump Administration to come on the many ways that abortion has been made federal.”

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