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Trump Defends Exceptions in Abortion Bans

May 23, 2023 at 2:42 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump defended his hesitancy to back a national abortion ban, arguing “exceptions are very important” to restrictions put in place, The Hill reports.

Said Trump: “If you don’t have the exceptions, it’s very, very hard — and I think that’s been proven — it’s very, very hard to win an election.”

He added: “Now I don’t say you do it for that, you do it for other reasons, moral reasons. You do it for what you really believe, but it still is a very, very difficult thing to overcome, I would say, from the standpoint of an election.”

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