Donald Trump is privately expressing support for a specific compromise on abortion rights, according to a report from The New York Times.
The Times claims that Trump would support the idea of a federal 16-week abortion ban with exceptions in the cases of rape, incest, or if there is a threat to the life of the mother.
The report states:
Mr. Trump has studiously avoided taking a clear position on restrictions to abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned in the middle of 2022, galvanizing Democrats ahead of the midterm elections that year. He has said in private that he wants to wait until the Republican presidential primary contest is over to publicly discuss his views, because he doesn’t want to risk alienating social conservatives before he has secured the nomination, the two people said.
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One thing Mr. Trump likes about a 16-week federal ban on abortions is that it’s a round…
