Donald Trump on Late-Term Abortion

In September 2016, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump made a number of promises to pro-life leaders and voters. One of those promises was that, if elected president, he was committed to “signing into law the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would end painful late-term abortions nationwide.”

That legislation, also known at the time as the “20-week abortion ban,” was supported by almost all congressional Republicans, as well as Democratic senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Bob Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania, and Joe Donnelly of Indiana. When the GOP House passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (which Senate Democrats filibustered), President Trump expressed strong support for it.

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John McCormack

John McCormack is a former Washington correspondent for National Review and was a fellow at the National Review Institute.

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In September 2016, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump made a number of promises to pro-life leaders and voters. One of those promises was that, if elected president, he was committed to “signing into law the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would end painful late-term abortions nationwide.”

That legislation, also known at the time as the “20-week abortion ban,” was supported by almost all congressional Republicans, as well as Democratic senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Bob Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania, and Joe Donnelly of Indiana. When the GOP House passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (which Senate Democrats filibustered), President Trump expressed strong support for it.