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.”
