Trump signals he's open to state limits on contraceptive access, then insists he's not

[marmar]

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for president, suggested during a taped interview with a Pittsburgh TV news station Tuesday that he might be open to states restricting access to contraceptives, though he later appeared to backtrack.

“We’re looking at that and I’m going to have a policy on that very shortly and I think it’s something that you’ll find interesting,” Trump said on KDKA. “It’s another issue that’s very interesting. But you will find it very smart. I think it’s a smart decision, but we’ll be releasing it very soon.”

Trump had been asked if he supports “any restrictions on a person’s right to contraception.”

Trump later added that “things really do have a lot to do with the states. And some states are going to have different policies than others.” That comment came just after being asked if he “may want to support some restrictions, like the morning-after pill or something?” ...................(more)

https://michiganadvance.com/2024/05/22/trump-signals-hes-open-to-state-limits-on-contraceptive-access-then-insists-hes-not/

[Prairie Gates]

1. No journalist should accept that answer: the question is WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW???

Trump defers these questions by inventing some imaginary policy that will be released very soon. In that way, he provides himself an out from actually answering the question. This is juvenile question dodging that no journalist should accept. As soon as he says that, they should say, "I'm asking about your fundamental beliefs about this. Do you have any? What do you think right now?"

It's infuriating that journalists refuse to do their jobs.

[SoFlaBro]

2. Fuck that shit Orange Bastard talks every week about what his stupid fucking addled brain shit out in a fucked up post.

[Dulcinea]

3. He doesn't give a rat's butt about contraception.

It has nothing to do with him, so why should he care? I doubt he cares about abortion either. He's just saying what his fan club wants to hear.

[TBF]

4. Any restrictions on contraceptives whatsoever - any mention of it - should be in bold everywhere

the Biden campaign will jump on this if they want to win