Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign after losing multiple contests on Super Tuesday. That paves the way for former President Donald Trump to be the nominee.
Haley is scheduled to call it quits during a speech in Charleston, South Carolina, setting up Trump to take on pro-abortion Joe Biden in November.
Last night, Haley declined to make a post-Super Tuesday evening address to her campaign supporters in the southern state. New reports indicate Haley will not endorse Donald Trump today even though he is now the presumptive nominee. Instead, she will call on Trump to appeal to moderates, independent voters and Democrats who may not vote for Biden.
Haley only won Vermont among 15 states that held GOP contests Tuesday night and only won Washington D.C. as well.
When it comes to pro-life issues, Trump has embraced a national law that would ban late-term abortions and protect unborn babies from 16 weeks. Such a ban would not overturn existing pro-life states in states that protect women and babies but would help stop abortions up to birth in Democrat-run states.
Trump’s position is a stark contrast to that of Joe Biden, who supports abortions up to birth and has been doing everything possible to promote unlimited abortions at taxpayer expense throughout pregnancy.
The New York Times reported Trump’s position supporting the common sense late-term abortion ban.
Former President Donald J. Trump has told advisers and allies that he likes the idea of a 16-week national abortion ban with three exceptions, in cases of rape or incest, or to save the life of the mother, according to two people with direct knowledge of Mr. Trump’s deliberations.
One thing Mr. Trump likes about a 16-week federal ban on abortions is that it’s a round number. “Know what I like about 16?” Mr. Trump told one of these people, who was given anonymity to describe a private conversation. “It’s even. It’s four months.”
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When discussing prospective vice-presidential candidates, Mr. Trump often asks whether they are “OK on abortion.” He is instantly dismissive when he hears that a Republican doesn’t support “the three exceptions.” He tells advisers that Republicans will keep losing elections with that position.
In backing a 16-week ban, Mr. Trump would be trying to satisfy both social conservatives who want to further restrict access to abortions and Republican and independent voters who want more modest limits on the procedure.
In a statement, Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Mr. Trump, did not address his private remarks.
“As President Trump has stated, he would sit down with both sides and negotiate a deal that everyone will be happy with,” Ms. Leavitt said, adding that he “appointed strong Constitutionalist federal judges and Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade and sent the decision back to the states, which others have tried to do for over 50 years.” She attacked President Biden and congressional Democrats as overly permissive of abortions.
A leading national pro-life group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America praised President Donald Trump in comments to LifeNews expressing gratitude that he supports a national minimum standard to protect babies in the womb from abortion at 16 weeks (four months) – a point when they can feel pain – with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother.
“We strongly agree with President Trump on protecting babies from abortion violence at 16 weeks when they feel pain,” said SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser. “A majority of Americans support this compassionate position.”
