Donald Trump says liberals ‘wanted’ him to overturn Roe v. Wade

In true Trump fashion, the former President failed to show receipts – with Gallup polls dating back to 1975 actually showing that Democrats wanted abortion to be legal in any, all, or some situations. 

Last month, a CNN poll found that 65% of Americans disapproved of the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, with similar results to polls from the last two years when Roe was first overturned.

Since the overturn, 14 states in the country have enacted a near-total ban on abortion. A further two states, Georgia and South Carolina, have banned abortion past six weeks of pregnancy, as per The Guardian. For context, one in three people discover they are pregnant past six weeks’ gestation, according to ANSIRH. 

Back in January, Vice President Kamala Harris called out Trump for “bragging” about the overturn of the landmark law. She attended a stop in Wisconsin on 22 January during the Fight for Reproductive Freedoms tour in honour of the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, where she addressed the overturning.

“The former president hand-picked three Supreme Court justices because he intended for them to overturn Roe. He intended for them to take your freedoms, and it is a decision he brags about,” Harris began. 

She then asked how the former president could ever be “proud” of the law being overturned on his watch. 

For abortion support in the US, visit Planned Parenthood here. For abortion support in the UK and Northern Ireland, visit the NHS website here. For abortion support in Ireland, which has been lawful since March 2020, visit HSE here.