Trump woos Republicans with pro-life stance but avoids endorsing 15-week abortion ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : And Nikki Haley told the conference she would support federal curbs on abortion as she promised to "save as many babies and help as many moms as possible".
40% : While a tough line on abortion would help Mr Trump win conservative support, he is acutely aware that it could be a political liability in a general election.
37% : He claimed credit for the reversal of the 1973 Supreme Court ruling, saying it was through his appointment of judges to the nation's highest court that the question of abortion was thrown back to the governments of America's 50 states.
34% : And an NBC poll last week showed 61 per cent of voters opposed the overturning of Roe v Wade with 53 per cent of respondents saying abortion had become too difficult.
33% : Mr Trump was speaking on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the abolition of Roe v Wade, which mandated a national right to abortion.
32% : Abortion remains a difficult issue for Mr Trump, who once supported a woman's right to choose.
30% : While concerned at what he saw as Mr Trump's evasiveness on abortion, Mr Porter told the New York Times he still backed the former president.

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