PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is refusing to say how he voted on Florida’s abortion bill and is coming down hard about it.
After casting his vote Tuesday in Palm Beach, Florida, the former president was asked twice about the issues voters in the state are considering. If approved, state legislatures would no longer be able to pass laws that penalize, ban, delay or restrict abortions until the fetus is viable, which doctors say will be after 21 weeks.
If the bill is rejected, the state’s six-week abortion restriction law would apply.
When asked the question for the first time, Trump avoided responding. He said he “did a great job of bringing it back to the states” on behalf of the issue. This was in reference to the former president’s appointment of three conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court who helped overturn the landmark 2022 Roe v. Wade decision.
After being hounded again, Trump lashed out at the reporter, telling him, “You should stop talking about it.”
Trump previously said he would support the bill, but later changed his mind and said he would vote against it.
In August, President Trump said he believed the Florida travel ban was a mistake, telling Fox News Channel, “I think we need six more weeks.” But then he repeated false claims he has often made about late-term abortions, saying, “At the same time, Democrats are radical.”
In addition to Florida, voters in eight other states will decide whether to guarantee the right to abortion in their state constitutions, weighing ballot measures expected to increase turnout in a variety of key races. It has been decided.
If certain amendments were passed in Arizona, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota, they would currently block access to various levels of abortion for more than 7 million women of childbearing age living in those states. This is likely to lead to the lifting of existing bans and restrictions.
