“We won’t be punished.”
Abortion rights organizations across the country grappled Wednesday with how they plan to deal with President-Elect Donald Trump, who ran on an anti-abortion platform.
Gary Cameron / Reuters
Trump has had a confusing relationship with abortion. Though he was pro-choice for many years, he ran from the beginning of his campaign on an anti-abortion platform.
It wasn't until he announced his choice of the Mike Pence, who is strongly anti-abortion, as Vice President that he detailed a specific policy.
In a September letter written with Susan B. Anthony List, well-known anti-abortion organization, Trump announced a "Pro-Life Coalition" in which he vowed to nominate pro-life justices to the Supreme Court, to make the Hyde Amendment — which prevents government funded healthcare from covering abortion — "permanent law," ending late-term abortions, and to defund Planned Parenthood.
Trump has also repeatedly said that he will appoint justices who will overturn Roe v. Wade, which would make abortion illegal across the US.
Trump has since walked back those comments, though he has not said how he plans to enforce the law should abortion be made illegal.
NARAL also cited a poll they conducted in 2014 which found that 7 out of 10 people they interviewed thought that abortion should be legal.
from BuzzFeed - USNews https://www.buzzfeed.com/emaoconnor/abortion-rights-orgs-after-trump?utm_term=4ldqpia
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