(LifeSiteNews) — Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that his hopeful next presidential administration “will be great for women and their reproductive rights” in what appears to be one of his strongest affirmations of abortion support to date.
The term “reproductive rights” is used overwhelmingly to refer to the so-called “right” to kill preborn children through abortion and could hypothetically also refer to a “right” to in vitro fertilization (IVF), which in practice kills even more human beings than abortion because it disposes the excess of embryonic babies it creates.
Some conservatives have denounced, explicitly or implicitly, the former president’s remarks as an apparent act of homage to the abortion lobby.
“There is no ‘reproductive right’ to kill a child,” pro-life activist Lila Rose remarked on X.
There is no “reproductive right” to kill a child. pic.twitter.com/mqnNV6NHWN
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) August 23, 2024
Alex Stone, the nephew of American political operative Roger Stone, has urged Trump, “Do not go down this route of supporting abortion.. They are a death cult, they hate God, they hate America, and they are pro-killing babies.”
“If you go down this route, you will alienate so many voters,” Stone said.
President Trump just put out a statement saying that his administration will be good for women and women’s reproductive rights.
Myself, along with many others are pleading with you President Trump! Do not go down this road of supporting this death cult for the sake of votes! pic.twitter.com/wRNgHVWIEw
— Alex Stone (@StoneJAlex) August 23, 2024
Philosophy professor Edward Feser regarded the remarks as indicative of a “uniparty.”
Trump: “My administration will be great for women and their reproductive rights”
Uniparty, anyone?https://t.co/Hp8Se5Wu6Z via @dcexaminer
— Edward Feser (@FeserEdward) August 23, 2024
Trump’s concessions to the deadly pro-abortion movement have become increasingly clear over the past two years. He recently stated definitively that if returns to the White House, he will not use existing federal law to block the mail distribution of abortion pills. He has also signaled a desire to close the door on banning abortion nationally in favor of relegating future abortion battles to the states while expressing indifference to what policies states ultimately adopt except to occasionally chide pro-life actions he deems too “harsh.”
Last month, at its 2024 nominating convention, the GOP adopted a dramatically shortened platform drafted and promoted by Trump surrogates, which among other changes cut the party’s longstanding support for a constitutional amendment to ban abortion and a federal law extending equal protection to preborn babies in favor of leaving abortion policy to individual states; it also endorsed birth control (many common methods of which function as abortifacients) and embryo-destructive in vitro fertilization.
In June, Trump reiterated his opposition to a federal abortion ban and once more stressed that any state-level bans should, in his view, contain exceptions for rape, incest, and medical emergencies.