NPR’s Liasson on Reports Trump Supports a 16 Week Abortion Ban: He’s Acting Like a Normal Politician

‘He’s trying to move to the center on abortion for the general election’

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LIASSON: "Well, there's two aspects to this. Democrats are going to say, 'He is for a national ban. He doesn't want states to decide. Every blue state that's codified Roe, that's going to go in the garbage can.' So, that's one impact of it. But the second thing that I think is incredibly interesting is that Donald Trump is acting like a normal politician. He usually doesn't do that. But he's moving, trying, if this story is true, to move the center on abortion for the general election to get more where the majority of voters are. And you know what? There is a consensus on abortion in this country. It used to be called Roe. Sixteen weeks is a little earlier than Roe, but people want abortion to either be mostly legal with some exceptions, or mostly illegal with some exemptions."

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