Bill Maher skewers Trump, GOP's shift on abortion: 'So killing babies is OK in some states?'

"Real Time" host Bill Maher took aim at former President Trump and Republicans for their dramatic shift on abortion as the 2024 election steadily approaches.

Maher kicked off the panel discussion on the Arizona Supreme Court's landmark ruling upholding a near-total abortion ban in the state, a direct result of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, which Trump has repeatedly taken credit for.

He told the panel that Republicans are "the dog who caught the car."

"For 50 years, they talked about getting rid of abortion. They did it and it's super unpopular, and now they have to basically lie," Maher said Friday night. "I mean, Trump — some of his statements on this — it sounds like what he said about healthcare: ‘Make both sides happy… 15 weeks seems to be a number people can agree.’ Can he lie his way out of this?"

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After insisting Arizona will "definitely be in play" for Democrats and that the election will be a battle of "immigration versus abortion," the HBO host poked a hole in the conservative right's evolving abortion argument.

"A lot of people think it's murder. That's why I don't understand the 15-week thing, or Trump's plan is, 'Let's leave it to the states.' You mean, so killing babies is OK in some states?" Maher asked. "I can respect the absolutist position. I really can. I scold the left when they say, ‘Oh, you know what, they just hate women, people who aren’t pro-choice.' They don't hate women. They just made that up."

He continued: "They think it's murder and it kind of is. I'm just OK with that. I am. I mean, there's 8 billion people in the world. I'm sorry, we won't miss you. That's my position on