Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Trump Revises Abortion Stance After Backlash

FILE - Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to Palm Beach County, Florida, Republicans, March 20, 2016. Trump quickly backtracked Wednesday after saying women who obtain abortions in the U.S., if the procedure is banned, should be punished.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump set off a firestorm of condemnation Wednesday with a call to punish women who obtain abortions if the procedure is banned in the United States.
Hours later, he revised his position, issuing a written statement saying that such a ban would criminalize only those performing the procedure, not the women getting abortions. “The woman is a victim in this case, as is the life in her womb,” he said.

Trump's assertion that women should be punished for getting an abortion, which came during an interview on MSNBC, set off a storm of criticism on both sides of the divisive issue

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