The tensions reflect intraparty divisions over an issue the GOP has struggled to navigate since Roe v. Wade was overturned last summer.
The tensions center on Trump’s recent comments disparaging an abortion ban after six weeks of pregnancy and pledging to work with “both sides” on a federal ban, though abortion rights advocates staunchly oppose such a restriction. Among those rebuking Trump are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running a distant second behind Trump in many polls, and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, who has frequently appeared with DeSantis on the campaign trail despite staying neutral in the primary.
Trump has dodged attempts to pin him down on his views about abortion bans and the point at which one should kick in. “It could be state or it could be federal. I don’t frankly care,” he said in an interview broadcast Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press.”the six-week ban DeSantis enacted in Florida a “terrible thing and a terrible mistake” and said Republicans “speak very inarticulately about this subject.
Last year’s Supreme Court ruling allowed states such as Florida, Iowa and Georgia to try to enact bans on most abortions. Iowa’s ban has been blocked in court. Dave Wilson, a conservative strategist in South Carolina, where the governor recently signed a six-week ban, said Republicans in his state “are not going to think that law is terrible” and that it could alienate some Republican voters.
“‘I’m the most pro-life president ever’ — that’s what he said, so it seems like he would be for the heartbeat bill,” said Denise Bubeck, who is president of the local political group Capitol Region Republican Women. She added that being against it “doesn’t resonate with Iowans because the Republicans of Iowa are very pleased” with the six-week law.
An official with Never Back Down, a super PAC supporting DeSantis, said Wednesday that over the past 48 hours they have gotten outreach from many pastors and other faith leaders upset about Trump’s statements on abortion. A DeSantis adviser, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal campaign deliberations, said they were thrilled to have audio of Trump attacking the Florida law. “Now you have to imagine we can make every pro-life voter in Iowa hear this,” the adviser said.
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