Trump’s abortion stance prompts pushback from Lindsey Graham as others rally behind former president

A top Republican senator and Trump-endorser is among those criticizing the former president over his Monday announcement on abortion, in which he claimed restrictions on the procedure should be decided by individual states.

"I respectfully disagree with President Trump’s statement that abortion is a states’ rights issue," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a statement on Monday morning.

Trump made his much-anticipated announcement in a video the same day, stating his belief that the states should legislate their own limitations on abortion rather than the federal government.

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"The states will determine by vote, or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land – in this case, the law of the state," he said in a video on Truth Social. "Many states will be different. Many states will have a different number of weeks…at the end of the day it is all about the will of the people."

This was shot down by Graham, who claimed, "The states’ rights only rationale today runs contrary to an American consensus that would limit late-term abortions and will age about as well as the Dred Scott decision."

"The science is clear – a child at fifteen weeks is well-developed and is capable of feeling pain."

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Other GOP lawmakers responded differently. Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., co-chair of the GOP Doctors Caucus, told Fox News Digital in a statement, "Regarding a national ban on abortion, I agree with President Trump."

"As a pro-life conservative, I do not support abortion but I believe the Supreme Court made it clear that the Constitution protects the right of states to determine their own policies," he