Trump says he’s ‘taking a look at’ limiting entry to contraception

Donald Trump has mentioned he’s “taking a look at” coverage which will limit entry to contraception in some states, and promised a “very complete coverage” on the difficulty shortly.

The previous president was requested throughout an interview in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, if he was in favour of restrictions on a person’s proper to contraception. He didn’t rule out the chance.

“We’re taking a look at that, and I’m going to have a coverage on that very shortly and I believe it’s one thing that you just’ll discover attention-grabbing,” Mr Trump mentioned, including that the “very complete coverage” can be launched “inside per week or so”.

“You will see that it, I believe, very good. It’s a really smart move,” he mentioned.

Nonetheless, shortly after reporting of his remarks circulated within the media, Mr Trump furiously back-peddled, posting a usually capitalised message to his social media platform Fact Social, denying the claims – which he described as a “Democrat fabricated lie”.

“I HAVE NEVER, AND WILL NEVER ADVOCATE IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON BIRTH CONTROL, or different contraceptives,” he wrote.

“It is a Democrat fabricated lie, MISINFORMATION/DISINFORMATION, as a result of they don’t have anything else to run on besides FAILURE, POVERTY, AND DEATH. I DO NOT SUPPORT A BAN ON BIRTH CONTROL, AND NEITHER WILL THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!”

In Tuesday’s interview with Pittsburgh’s KDKA, Mr Trump mentioned he would go away the difficulty of entry to contraception as much as particular person states. “Issues actually do have lots to do with the states and a few states are going to have completely different insurance policies than others,” he mentioned.

These remarks echo ones made beforehand by the previous president on hot-button matters together with abortion. He has additionally made claims of imminent coverage bulletins earlier than.

In an interview with Time final month, Mr Trump mentioned that, if he wins the 2024 election, he would go away it to particular person states with strict abortion bans to watch pregnancies and resolve when additional motion could also be warranted. This would come with whether or not or to not criminally prosecute people.

Throughout his first time period, Mr Trump appointed three Supreme Courtroom justices to the courtroom who later overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark ruling that had enshrined reproductive rights throughout America for half a century. Since then, greater than 20 states have put in place full or partial abortion bans.

Within the Time interview he mentioned he can be making a “huge assertion” on whether or not girls ought to have entry to contraception drug mifepristone in “the subsequent 14 days.”

The interview was printed 21 days in the past on April 30, and the previous president has but to make a press release as promised.

In response to Tuesday’s remarks on contraception entry, Biden-Harris spokeswoman Sarafina Chitika mentioned: “Girls throughout the nation are already affected by Donald Trump’s post-Roe nightmare, and if he wins a second time period, it’s clear he needs to go even additional by limiting entry to contraception and emergency contraceptives.”

Within the assertion, shared with NBC, she added, “It’s not sufficient for Trump that ladies’s lives are being put in danger, docs are being threatened with jail time, and excessive bans are being enacted with no exceptions for rape or incest.

“He needs to tear away our freedom to entry contraception too.”

In a press release shared with The Impartial, Jessica Siles, a spokesperson for advocacy group Voters of Tomorrow mentioned: “First, Donald Trump stripped away our abortion rights. Now he’s coming for contraceptives, together with morning-after drugs, which tens of millions of ladies use to stop undesirable pregnancies and handle different well being points. We are going to by no means, ever let this occur.

“This has all the time been about exerting management over girls. In November, younger individuals have the facility to resolve what our future seems like. And we envision a future the place we alone, and positively not Donald Trump, have the freedoms to make our personal private and medical selections.

“We plan to make as many Gen Z voters as attainable hear these threats from Donald Trump to remove contraceptives. Each time he threatens our rights, one other member of Gen Z decides to vote towards these assaults on our era.”

The Impartial has contacted the Trump marketing campaign for remark in regards to the remarks made on Tuesday by the previous president.