Donald Trump Claims He Would Veto National Abortion Ban If Elected

Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would veto a federal abortion ban, after months of dodging questions on his abortion stance.

“Everyone knows I would not support a federal abortion ban, under any circumstances, and would, in fact, veto it, because it is up to the states to decide based on the will of their voters (the will of the people!),” Trump wrote in an all-caps post on social media.

This is the first time the GOP presidential nominee has fully and directly answered the question of whether he would support a national abortion ban since the Supreme Court repealed Roe v. Wade in 2022. During the presidential debate last month, Trump refused to say whether he would support a national ban despite being pressed several times by moderators and Vice President Kamala Harris.

In the social media post, Trump reiterated his support for exceptions to abortion bans including for rape, incest and life of the mother. He added that he does not support “the Democrats radical position of late term abortions” including in the “7th, 8th, or 9th month” and “the possibility of execution of the baby after birth.” Trump has repeated the false rhetoric that Democrats support murdering newborns; homicide is illegal in all 50 states and no Democrats are calling for that to change.

The former president posted the message as his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), was asked about his stance on reproductive rights during the vice presidential debate Tuesday night. Vance straight-up lied about his record on abortion, telling moderators that he never supported a federal abortion ban , although he did as recently as 2022 .

It’s hard to take Trump at his word when he has such a long history of extreme comments on abortion care. It was