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<p>Trump’s statement also accused the Democratic Party of being extreme on abortion.</p>
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<p>President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign accused the presumptive Republican nominee and former president Donald Trump of “scrambling” on the issue of abortion <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257314/trump-on-abortion-it-s-up-to-the-states-to-do-the-right-thing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">after Trump announced that he supports</a> states making their own abortion laws.</p>
<p>“Trump is scrambling,” Biden said, according to the campaign statement. “He’s worried that since he’s the one responsible for overturning Roe, the voters will hold him accountable in 2024.”</p>
<p>“Well, I have news for Donald: They will,” the statement continued. “America was built on personal freedom and liberty. So, there is nothing more un-American than having our personal freedoms taken away. And that is what Donald Trump has done.”</p>
<p>These comments from the Biden campaign came shortly after Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112235238031827342" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted a video</a> on Truth Social in which he said “the states will determine [abortion policies] by vote or legislation” and “this is all about the will of the people.” The former president said “now it’s up to the states to do the right thing.”</p>
<p>“Many states will be different,” Trump said. “Many will have a different number of weeks, or some will have more conservative [policies] than others, and that’s what they will be.”</p>
<p>Trump’s statement also accused the Democratic Party of being extreme on abortion: “[They] are the radical ones on this position because they support abortion up to and even beyond the ninth month.”</p>
<p><b>Biden Calls for Legal Abortion Nationwide</b></p>
<p>Biden’s statement reaffirmed his administration’s support for codifying into law the abortion rules that were in place under the now-defunct <i>Roe v. Wade</i> ruling. Such a law would prohibit states from enacting most pro-life policies and mandate legal abortion nationwide.</p>
<p>“As a fundamental right, it didn’t matter where you lived,” Biden said. “It was granted to you as an American, not as a resident of any state. Generations of women had come to rely on that right.”</p>
<p>Although Trump has never publicly backed a nationwide ban on abortion, the Biden campaign claimed that Republicans would pass “a national abortion ban” and that “Trump will sign it into law.”</p>
<p>Biden has become a staunch supporter of taxpayer-funded abortion nationwide since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned <i>Roe v. Wade</i>. In <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257144/biden-pushes-for-taxpayer-funded-abortion-nationwide-in-2025-budget-plan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his 2025 budget proposal</a>, Biden asked Congress to enshrine the former abortion standards into law and to repeal the law that prohibits federal agencies from directly funding abortion. He also requested more money for a program that has funneled millions of dollars into Planned Parenthood abortion facilities.</p>
<p>The Biden campaign has run several <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255213/biden-campaign-launches-pro-abortion-ad-pro-life-groups-label-it-extreme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pro-abortion advertisements</a> during the election that criticized Trump for appointing three Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn <i>Roe v. Wade</i>. The campaign also promotes federal laws that would block states from enacting pro-life laws.</p>
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