Trump's False Claim About Roe - FactCheck.org

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Roe v. Wade, they wanted it ended," Trump said in a video posted on Truth Social on April 8.
52% : "States can and do punish people for killing children who are born alive," Ziegler told us at the time.
49% : The court also permitted a measure to appear on ballots this November asking voters whether they support an amendment to the state constitution to prohibit restrictions on abortion before a fetus is viable outside the womb.
42% : In a 2019 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, 70% said they didn't want the Supreme Court to completely overturn Roe, and earlier surveys by the center also found a majority against abolishing Roe.
38% : In February, the New York Times reported, based on anonymous sources, that Trump had privately said he was in favor of a nationwide ban after 16 weeks, with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother.
32% : "Trump appointed three of the nine justices on the Supreme Court, giving the court the conservative majority it needed to overturn Roe.
28% : "In his video, Trump reiterated the false idea that abortion is now "where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint."
28% : But until his recent statement, Trump had avoided making his position clear publicly.
28% : Back in 2019, Trump made similar claims in reference to a GOP bill calling for jail time for health care practitioners who don't provide certain medical care "[i]n the case of an abortion or attempted abortion that results in a child born alive."
22% : "Trump also repeated a false claim he has frequently made, saying Democrats "support abortion up to and even beyond the ninth month."
19% : President Joe Biden's reelection campaign has been running TV ads that claim Trump supports a "national ban" on abortion.
5% : In a statement, Biden said, "If Donald Trump is elected and the MAGA Republicans in Congress put a national abortion ban on the Resolute Desk, Trump will sign it into law.

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