US Politics

Trump hardens position on abortion, rails against indictment

Trump has declined to say whether he would sign the 15-week federal ban sought by anti-abortion activist in recent weeks

Former President Donald Trump told evangelical Christian voters there’s “a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life.” Picture: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump hardened his position on abortion in a speech to evangelical Christian voters, saying there’s “a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life.”

His comments to the Faith and Freedom Coalition — on the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision that overturned a 50-year constitutional right to abortion — follow weeks in which Trump has declined to say whether he would sign the 15-week federal ban sought by anti-abortion ...