Trump: I Am Pro-Life with Exceptions for the Safety and Health of the Mother

‘Ronald Reagan had exceptions on abortion which I agree on’

BASH: “I contributed to the empire. And so, in reading it, there were a couple of things that jumped out. One is on abortion. At time you said that you were pro-choice. Now you've changed, right?” 
TRUMP: “Not strong, but I am pro-life. I had an experience with a friend of mine who was, frankly -- they were going to abort their child, which they ended up having. Their child is like this magnificent person. It had an impact. I have seen that a couple of times. But I'm pro-life.” 
BASH: “You're pro-life. But you do think there should be exceptions for rape and incest?” 
TRUMP: “Yes. And life -- the health of the mother, the death, because, you know, you have cases where the mother may die. It's basically Ronald Reagan had the same thing. He had the three exceptions.” 
BASH: “If you are the Republican nominee, you would be the effective leader of the Republican Party.” 
TRUMP: “Yes.”
BASH: “Would you make sure that that exception or those exceptions would be in the platform?” 
TRUMP: “Well, I think it would be something I would discuss seriously with the people in the Republican Party. I'm actually getting along very well with the people at RNC right now. I think that would be something certainly we would be discussing. I do agree with -- I mean, Ronald Reagan was a long time ago. He was somebody that liked me a lot. I liked him a lot. I helped him a little bit. And he had the exceptions also. It would certainly be something I'd want to discuss with the Republican Party.” 

 

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