Friday, while speaking at his Mar-a-Lago home, former President Donald Trump indicated that a new law at the federal level governing abortion is unnecessary, as the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade sent the issue back to the states to decide.
Trump took questions from reporters at Mar-a-Lago after delivering remarks with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) when he was asked why voters should trust him when he said earlier this week he would not sign a federal abortion ban.
“Because we don’t need it any longer. Because we broke Roe v. Wade, and we did something that nobody thought was possible,” Trump said. “We gave it back to the states. And the states are very working very brilliantly, in some cases conservative, in some cases not conservative. But they’re working and it’s working the way it’s supposed to.”
“You’re having some very, very beautiful…