Trump has solved the mystery of American abortion policy | Opinion

Voters on both sides of today’s abortion debate should, in good conscience, support Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. This applies not only to pro-life advocates concerned about Trump’s moderate stance, but also to moderate pro-choice supporters currently wavering between Trump and his opponent Kamala Harris.

Both camps seek sympathy for people in difficult situations: young women who see no other option than abortion, and unborn children who become dispensable.

Mrs. Harris isn’t doing any of them any favors. He misrepresents the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to return abortion to the states and conceals his true position on abortion policy.

Trump was the first president to follow through on his pro-life promises. However, he does not support a national abortion ban or Florida’s ban on abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy. Pro-life groups responded moderately, withdrawing their support for America’s most pro-life president.

Meanwhile, taking advantage of the heartbreaking death of 28-year-old Amber Thurman, Ms. Harris is trying to intimidate mothers and daughters into voting for her. In fact, Ms. Thurman’s tragic case was the result of the Biden-Harris administration’s promotion of high-risk abortion drugs.

How can we get closer to the reality that future Amber Thurmans and their children will live in?

During last month’s debate with Mr. Trump, Ms. Harris refused to acknowledge that newborns who survive attempted abortions are ever left to die, even though state law requires life-saving measures for any newborn born alive. Ms. Harris also refused to say she supported unrestricted abortion and did not express a position on late-term abortion.

For his part, Trump has given more support to new mothers and unborn children than any president in American history, in stark contrast to past presidents who drew the support of pro-life voters to the Oval Office in exchange for a lack of significant progress.

In 2016, Trump expressed clear opposition to late-term abortion, expressing disgust at the graphic description of the gruesome death the procedure causes in unborn children. Critics condemned his opportunism and assured that he would never achieve his goal.

But Mr. Trump kept his word. Once elected, he appointed judges who focused on applying the law as written rather than inventing imaginary laws. In 2020, he became the first sitting president to attend the March for Life, the largest annual pro-life demonstration in Washington, D.C., and spoke

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court, which includes three Trump-appointed justices, returned the abortion issue to the states where it belongs. This was the long-awaited reversal of the federalization of abortion in the US Roe v. Wadean abuse of judicial power, described in 1973 as a “very bad decision” by people on both sides of the debate, including a prominent pro-choice Yale law professor. “It is bad because it is bad constitutional law,” he said, “or rather because it is not constitutional law and gives almost no sense of obligation to try to be.”

What now? We are just weeks away from the most important presidential election in a generation. Abortion is just one of many important issues voters must consider. After the elections, young people will continue to find themselves in a difficult and overwhelming situation, with unexpected pregnancies that will make them question the right path in life.

“Sex outside marriage is the leading cause of abortion,” noted author Ryan Anderson. “Four percent of children conceived in marriage will be aborted, compared to 40 percent of children conceived outside of marriage. Meanwhile, 13 percent of women who have abortions are married and 87 percent are single.”

As marriage rates decline and extramarital purity declines, the abortion rate is likely to worsen. What should pro-lifers do? “Recognizing that a pro-life majority is impossible to imagine unless there is a sea change in the way Americans approach sex, marriage and religion,” writes Ross Douthat of New York Times“Does this mean that it should also be the job of the pro-life movement to advocate for marriage and even the chastity movement?”

Back to the real world, what’s the best that staunch pro-life voters and moderate pro-choice voters can achieve in this election? Trump supported his abortion policies with clear actions and policies. His judicial appointment strategy brought the abortion issue back to the states. He opposes late-term abortion, citing basic human empathy rather than religious scruples.

Ms. Harris continues to hide her true views and spread fear among women with lies about their fate if they become pregnant.

The obvious choice for both pro-life and pro-choice moderate voters is Trump. He is the candidate of all voters who are not supporters of unlimited and late abortion on demand. We can only hope for a future where no one supports such inhumanity.

Gayle Trotter is a lawyer and political commentator in Washington, DC

The views expressed in this article are those of the author.