In a surprise move, former President Donald Trump announced on Friday that his potential administration would be favorable toward “reproductive rights,” setting off confusion online.
The term “reproductive rights” is largely used by Democrats to describe the safeguarding of abortion access.
For years, the left has used the term as a euphemism to describe abortion. Democrats have made abortion a key issue in their campaigns and have spread falsehoods that pro-life laws hurt women.
Democrats have falsely asserted that Trump wants to outlaw abortion nationwide. The former president has said he would not enact a federal ban on abortion if elected president, but instead let the states decide on the issue.
On Friday, the former president wrote on Truth Social, “My administration will be great for women and their reproductive rights.”
To clarify confusion, Trump later issued another statement saying he would lead the U.S. in vitro fertilization, also known as IVF.The co-founder of the Daily Wire, Jeremy Boreing, spoke out against Trump’s statement, calling it the “worst” since he entered politics in 2015.
“The worst statement Donald Trump has made since he announced for the presidency in 2015,” Boreing said.
“The Republican Party is charging forward on many fronts, and I am very proud that we are a LEADER on I.V.F.,” Trump wrote.
“For better and for worse, Trump is philosophically malleable. His first term was perhaps the most pro-life in actual effect of any administration in our history,” he added. “That is his legacy — if he will keep it.”
During his presidency, Trump appointed three pro-life judges to the U.S. Supreme Court. Such a decision led the High Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022.
“So perhaps [Trump] will yet walk this back,” Boering said. “I certainly pray he does.”
Kansas City Chiefs star Harrison Butker, who has become a controversial figure among the left for promoting family values, called on Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), to help align the Republican Party more closely with the pro-life movement.
“No party or candidate is perfect,” Butker said. “I implore my fellow Catholic [JD Vance] to help bring the Republican Party back in line with the foundational platform that all life is valuable and there can be no compromise when it comes to defending the unborn.”
“However, with that said: ‘Our obligation is to vote for the lesser of two evils because voting for a lesser evil preserves the good that could be potentially lost,’” Butker added.
In April, Trump argued that the Republican Party should avoid pushing for a federal decision on abortion, claiming Democrats “want this [issue of abortion] to simmer for as long a period of time as possible.”
“They are destroying our country, and they don’t want to talk about inflation, a bad economy, the horrible open border, rigged elections, Afghanistan, Ukraine/Russia, or the attack on Israel, all of which would never have happened if I were president,” Trump said at the time.
“They love this issue, and they want to keep it going for as long as Republicans will allow them to do so,” he continued. “Terminating Roe v. Wade was, according to all legal scholars, a great event, but sometimes with great events come difficulties. Many good Republicans lost elections because of this issue …”
Source: Resistthemainstream
