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Trump says he’s done a “very good job” with abortion restrictions

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In an interview (airing today) with an NCB colleague in Pittsburgh, former President Trump defended abortion restrictions “longer than six weeks”, and said he has no regrets about the restrictions that began during his administration.

“I think it’s going to take longer than six weeks, personally, and as you know, I’ve done a lot of good work on this issue (…) They wanted to return it to the states, they wanted to “All the Democrats wanted it, all the Republicans wanted it,” he said, referring to the fact that Trump can now personally legislate on the issue. Seen in cases where the mother’s life is in danger and which have resulted from rape and incest.

Since the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022, this has become one of the main demands of voters, and also one of Kamala Harris’s great campaign promises.