Trump Now Says Abortion Laws Shouldn’t Be Changed

Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump holds a piece of paper as he talks about a statement from a Breitbart News reporter during a CNN town hall with Anderson Cooper in the historic Riverside Theatre, Tuesd... Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump holds a piece of paper as he talks about a statement from a Breitbart News reporter during a CNN town hall with Anderson Cooper in the historic Riverside Theatre, Tuesday, March 29, 2016, in Milwaukee. Police charged Trump's campaign manager with simple battery Tuesday as a videotaped altercation with a reporter transformed what was another messy campaign sideshow into a criminal court summons. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) MORE LESS
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Donald Trump has reversed course on abortion yet again, now saying that laws regulating the procedure should not be changed.

“The laws are set. And I think we have to leave it that way,” the GOP presidential frontrunner said in a Friday preview of a CBS “Face The Nation” interview that is set to air in full on Sunday.

During the interview, Trump also repeatedly declined to say whether he believed abortion was murder, though he said he doesn’t “disagree” with people who do.

This new stance on abortion laws marks the latest in a series of rapid-fire pivots Trump has made on the procedure this week.

On Wednesday, the billionaire mogul drew heavy criticism from both anti- and pro-choice groups for saying that women who get the procedure if it is outlawed should face “some sort of punishment.” Trump swiftly reversed course, releasing two statements that afternoon insisting that abortion providers, not women, should face penalties.

The “Face The Nation” latest interview did little to clarify Trump’s stance.

Despite his seemingly firm statement about the laws being “set,” Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks told the Associated Press that Trump does in fact plan to change abortion laws if he becomes president.

If Trump is elected, Hicks told the AP, “He will change the law through his judicial appointments and allow the states to protect the unborn.”

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  1. Well, he at least did OK on this particular multiple choice question…

  2. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    I think he’s trying to thread a nonexistent needle here.

    Pissing off both sides on an issue - now that’s real talent.

  3. The Trump spox’s “clarification” of the Donald’s latest position should have been included in full. Here’s what Hope Hicks said, and the spin is yuge:

  4. Face it, Sanders supporters. Trump is a lot like your candidate on this issue - as an old white guy with 0% chance of experiencing an unwanted pregnancy himself, it’s just really not that important to him.

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