“His response to me was, ‘I’ve given you leverage now to make a better deal,’” recalled DeMastus, who supports some form of a federal ban but isn't ruling out backing Trump even if he doesn't.
2 in part because of his credibility with social conservatives, has declared that every Republican running for president should endorse, at a minimum, a federal abortion ban 15 weeks into pregnancy.
Ron DeSantis, who often answers questions about a federal ban by saying his state recently passed a ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
Trump maintains that even some anti-abortion activists believe the six-week ban — before many women even know they’re pregnant — is too harsh.
The country’s leading anti-abortion group, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, wants GOP presidential candidates to advocate for a 15-week federal ban.
Persons:
— Donald Trump, he's, Roe, Wade, Trump, Mike Pence, He's, ”, Steve Scheffler, “, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, who’s, MAGA, Ammar Moussa, Tudor Dixon, Dixon, Gretchen Whitmer, Mike DeMastus, ‘, ’ ”, DeMastus, Pence, Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ron DeSantis, —, Susan B, Anthony Pro, Marjorie Dannenfelser, ” Trump, Steven Cheung, Trump's, aren't, Kim Lehman, Lehman, Timmaraju, they’ll, ” Timmaraju, Marlys, Jill Colvin, Sara Burnett
Organizations:
DES, Republican, White, GOP, Iowa Faith, Freedom Coalition, Republican National Committee, Family Research Council, America's Leadership, Coalition, Voters, MAGA Republicans, Michigan, Michigan Democratic Gov, Trump, Florida Gov, America, RNC, NARAL, Associated Press
Locations:
DES MOINES, Iowa, U.S, lockstep, Washington, Des Moines, South Dakota, Kansas, Ohio, York, Carolina, New York, Chicago