CNN catches Trump red-handed evading plans on abortion pills

Former President Donald Trump recently vowed that he would soon be releasing his positions on potentially restricting access to abortion-related medication should he win a second term in office.

However, CNN reports that Trump still has not released any such plans and has now learned that he has no plans to do so.

"Trump vowed on April 27 to release more details on how a future Trump administration would regulate the abortion pill mifepristone, telling Time Magazine he has 'pretty strong views' on the issue and would be making an announcement 'probably over the next week,'" reports CNN. "That announcement never came. And now his presidential campaign says they have no expectations for it come anytime soon, even as a decision in the case could come as early as Thursday, the court’s next opinion day."

The report goes on to note that the former president's "evasion" on this issue "underscores the tightrope Trump continues to walk when it comes to abortion — an issue that has become a controversial flashpoint ahead of the 2024 election."

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Trump has regularly boasted that the three Supreme Court justices he picked were responsible for overturning a constitutional right to abortion access established five decades ago by Roe v. Wade.

Since that decision, however, election results have consistently shown that voters do not favor restrictions on abortion, and Trump has resisted efforts by his right-wing Christian allies to push for a nationwide ban and has said that the issue should be left up to individual states.

"While the former president often touts that he was the most pro-life president the country ever had, he also continues to view the issue as political loser for Republicans ahead of November, sources close to Trump say," writes CNN. "For much of the 2024 Republican primary, Trump avoided the topic of abortion, and when he did weigh in, he sometimes angered anti-abortion leaders by criticizing the rush of new restrictions from members of his party in response to the landmark decision."