Trump Takes Aim At ‘RADICAL’ Florida Abortion Amendment

President Donald Trump criticized Florida’s proposed amendment that would permit unrestricted abortion access throughout all nine months.

Trump called it “radical.”

🚨President Trump announces he will be voting NO on Amendment 4 in Florida🚨

This proposed constitutional amendment, which was funded by Soros-linked groups from outside Florida, would legalize late term abortion

Trump continues to be the most pro-life Republican to ever occupy… pic.twitter.com/2KZpj5Scii

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) August 30, 2024

Amendment 4 will soon be decided by voters in Florida. Trump is a Florida resident.

The amendment seeks to overturn the state’s current 6-week abortion ban by making abortion rights a part of the state constitution.

The text of the amendment states: “No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider.”

Fox News shares:

“You need more time than six weeks. I’ve disagreed with that right from the early primaries. When I heard about it, I disagreed with it. At the same time, the Democrats are radical because the nine months is just a ridiculous situation,” said Trump.

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“That way you can do an abortion in the ninth month. And, you know, some of the states, like Minnesota and other states have it where you can actually execute the baby after birth and all of that stuff is unacceptable. So I’ll be voting no for that reason,” the former president asserted.

Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law in 2023 the Heartbeat Protection Act, which makes abortion after six weeks illegal in Florida.

“…Doing an abortion in the ninth month is unacceptable to anybody. And I think that, we’re going to have to do something about that. There’s some there’s something in between, but the six is too short. It’s just too short a period. And the nine months is unacceptable,” Trump said today before a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

Prior to this interview, it seemed that Trump would vote in favor of the proposed amendment.

Fox News continues:

Trump previously caused confusion over where he stood on the proposed amendment, as his pro-life stance on the campaign trail has not been absolute.

“I will say this: You have to win elections,” Trump shared in a Fox News town hall earlier this year. “Otherwise, you’re going to be back where you were, and you can’t let that ever happen again. You’ve got to win elections.”

This X user was optimistic that Trump would come around to voting against Florida’s Amendment 4:

Florida’s Amendment 4 is written with vague & deceptive terms. All Florida voters need to read it VERY CAREFULLY. I predict when Donald Trump reads and understands what this bill will actually do he’ll change course and vote no. But I urge all Florida voters to research this.… https://t.co/JAYStF1a2x

— Tony Dungy (@TonyDungy) August 30, 2024

Well, Tony. You were right!

In contrast, others think Trump’s announcement against the amendment was due to backlash from pro-life conservatives:

The only reason Trump came out against Amendment 4 in Florida is because of the immediate, severe backlash and those of us willing to draw a line in the sand.

DO NOT ever complain about those of us who are willing to stand firm in our principles.

— Jenna Ellis (@realJennaEllis) August 30, 2024

There’s more back story.

Check this out. From NBC News:

Alarmed by what she saw, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the influential anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, called Trump on Thursday to ask for clarity on his comments, according to a source with knowledge of the conversation. Trump told her that he didn’t state a position on an amendment on his home state’s ballot this fall.

Dannenfelser told him that “it’s imperative that you’re clear because there’s confusion now that you may be in support of this,” the source added. She also told him the amendment is “incongruent” with his opposition to late-term abortion.

During the interview with NBC News, Trump said, “I am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks,” when asked how he would vote on the ballot measure. It’s unclear what he meant as the Florida initiative gives voters a binary choice.

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Later Thursday, Trump’s campaign issued a statement saying the former president had “not yet said how he will vote on the ballot initiative in Florida.”

Trump’s VP pick, J.D. Vance, weighs in on the initial interview that caused confusion:

“I think he’s probably making an argument about how he feels about the issue. He’s not making some proclamation about how he’s going to vote on the amendment and of course, they clarified afterward that he wasn’t making an explicit determination or announcing anything,” Vance said in reference to the interview.