Trump Says He Is 'Looking At' Restricting Contraception Access — Then Backtracks

Former President Donald Trump hasn’t ruled out backing restrictions on contraception, and suggested Tuesday that limiting access to the morning-after pill should be left up to individual states.

Still, the former president mostly dodged the issue when pressed by an anchor for Pittsburgh’s KDKA News, teasing the release of a “very comprehensive policy” in “a week or so” to address contraception, which includes various forms of birth control.

“We’re looking at that, and I’m going to have a policy on that very shortly. I think it’s something you’ll find interesting,” Trump told the anchor.

When asked specifically about the morning-after pill — a type of emergency contraception, which does not cause abortion — Trump said the issue should be up to the states, echoing what he’s said previously about abortion access.

“You know, things really do have a lot to do with the states, and some states are going to have different policy than others,” Trump said in a video of the interview shared with HuffPost.

Trump hasn’t delivered a clear message on abortion beyond saying it’s a state issue and that he wouldn’t support a national abortion ban. He has previously responded to questions about reproductive health care access by saying his campaign will reveal his position later.

The former president’s campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about his stance on contraception.

In an April interview with Time Magazine, Trump teased an announcement about his views on mifepristone, one of the two drugs that constitute what’s commonly called the abortion pill. The drug is currently at the center of a Supreme Court case that could further erode abortion access. Trump, however, hasn’t yet made that announcement, nor was he