Trump: It’s up to states to monitor pregnancies, prosecute abortions

Trump backs surveillance and prosecution of women to enforce abortion bans

Donald Trump speaks on April 30, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images)As part of an extensive interview with Time Magazine, former President Donald Trump expanded on what abortion access would look like in the United States in a potential second term. Trump laid out a dystopian vision where pregnant women could be placed under state surveillance and then subjected to criminal punishment for any transgressions.During a…

Trump says states should decide on prosecuting women for abortions, has no comment on abortion pill

Former U.S. president Donald Trump says in a new interview it should be left to the states whether to prosecute women for abortions or whether to monitor women's pregnancies. He declined to comment on access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has been embroiled in an intense legal battle.

Trump says states can decide to monitor pregnant women

Donald Trump can't stop the abortion policy fallout he kicked into high gear earlier this month when he declared states should be the ultimate arbiters on reproductive freedom and the bodily autonomy of pregnant Americans. In a new interview with Time...

Trump Is Fine With States Monitoring Pregnant Women So They Don't Get Abortions

"I think they might do that," the GOP presidential nominee said of a scenario that sounds straight out of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale."

Trump Says He Would Let States Prosecute Anyone Who Violates an Abortion Ban

He also said he wouldn’t intervene if states attempt to monitor pregnancies to determine compliance with abortion bans.

Trump says it's up to individual states whether they want to prosecute women for abortions

Former President Donald Trump says that he'd leave it up to individual states to monitor women's pregnancies or determine if someone gets an abortion.