Trump Says Abortion 'Not That Big Of An Issue,' GOP Is 'Party Of Fertilization'

In one of his most bizarre interviews in recent memory, Donald Trump insisted abortion is “not that big of an issue,” claimed Republicans are the “party of fertilization” and said every legal scholar in the world supported overturning Roe v. Wade.

During an interview last week with a local Michigan TV station FOX-2 Detroit, Trump repeatedly downplayed the significance of abortion rights on the national stage ― despite it being a driving factor in Democrats’ strong performance at the ballot box in the aftermath of the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade in 2022.

Recent polling shows many voters see the 2024 election as a high-stakes election for the future of abortion and contraception access. President Joe Biden has made the issue central to his campaign, as have countless Democratic candidates.

“I think the abortion issue should be largely taken off the table because the individual states are doing what they’re doing,” the GOP presidential hopeful said.

“It’s really not that big of an issue,” he added.

Trump suggested it was actually a good thing for women that the 6-3 conservative-led court overturned a 50-year precedent guaranteeing women a constitutional right to abortion. He put three of those conservative justices onto the court when he was president.

“I say, what the people decide, and whatever it is, it’s within the state and what the people decide, and it’s working out,” he said. “For many, many years, people have said we’ve got to bring this back to the states to decide, and that’s now working.”

Trump also called the GOP the “party of fertilization,” apparently trying to make the case that Republicans have fought to ensure women’s access to in vitro fertilization, or IVF. But not only is that false ,