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  Campaign 2024 C2024 Former Pres. Trump on Abortion Policy  CSPAN  April 13, 2024 1:07pm-1:13pm EDT

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should be decided by each state. mr. trump: under my leadership, the republican party will only support the creation of strong, thriving, and healthy american families. what could be more beautiful or better than that? today, i am pleased that the alabama legislature has acted very quickly and pass
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legislation that preserves the availability of ivf in alabama. they really did a great and fast job. the republican party should always be on the side of the miracle of life and the side of mothers and fathers and their beautiful babies. that is what we are. ivf has been important part of that, and the republican party will always be with you. your quest for the ultimate joy in life. many people have asked me what my position is on abortion and abortion rights, especially since i was probably the person responsible for the ending of something that all legal scholars, both sides, wanted and both demanded be ended, roe v. wade. they wanted it ended. must be remembered that the democrats, the radical ones, under this position, they support abortion up to and even beyond the knife month. the concept of having an abortion in the later months and even execution at the birth --
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and that is exactly what it is -- the baby is born, the baby is executed at the birth, is unacceptable, and almost everyone agrees with that. my view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determined by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whenever they decide must be the law of the land, in this case, the law of the state. many states will be different. many will have a different number of weeks. some will have more conservative
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than others, and that is what they will be. at the end of the day, this is all about the will of the people. you must follow your heart or in many cases, your religion or your faith. do what is right for your family, do what is right for yourself, do what is right for your children, do what is right for our country, and vote. so important to vote. at the end of the day, it is all about will of the people. that is where we are right now, and that is what we want, the will of the people. i want to thank the six justices, chief justice john roberts, justice alito, brett kavanaugh, amy coney barrett, neil gorsuch, to have the bravery for this to end. to bring it into the hearts, minds, and votes of the people in each state was really something. now it is up to the states to do the right thing. like ronald reagan, i am strongly in favor of exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother. you must win elections to restore our culture and to save our country, which is currently in very sadly a nation in decline. our nation needs help, it needs
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unity, he needs us all to work closely together, democrats, republicans, liberal, conservatives, everyone, we have to work together. we have to bring our nation back from the brink of and that is where it is. it is at the brink, and we will. we will do it, i promise you, we will do it. always go by your heart, but we must win. we have to win. we are a feeling nation, but we can be a failing nation no longer. we will make our nation great lf congress passed such legislation.