In the 2008 presidential campaign Hillary Clinton used the slogan that: “Abortion should be safe, legal and rare.” It was first used in 1992 by her husband Bill. I remember it being said that abortion was not a major issue in presidential elections but it seems by the amount of discussion concerning abortion in regard to elections today, it is a major issue.
President Trump voiced his opposition to abortion both during his campaign in 2016 and also throughout his presidency. Hillary Clinton supported abortion at all stages of pregnancy up to nine months which would require partial birth abortions; that is, delivering the head of the baby and then inserting a needle into the neck and removing the contents of the brain and crushing the skull.
Early on as the candidates for office lined up, we heard many pollsters proclaim a strongly pro-life candidate was not electable. They attributed many failed campaigns to this ‘fact’; however, President Trump won over Hillary Clinton in 2016.
At one point recently I heard Trump falter on abortion softening his support for life. Just today I heard a recording of an interview on Meet the Press in which he condemned Ron DeSantis for outlawing abortion at six weeks. Plus Trump also supports exceptions that include rape, incest and life of the mother. He was unclear of when abortion should be outlawed.
I have heard that half the country are pro-life. As time passes and the facts are leaking out about abortion, sadly the former president will realize he has been duped by the very same ‘fake news’ he so adamantly condemned. His base is pro-life, pro-family and pro-God. Pray he realizes he needs their strong support and more importantly that without God he can do nothing. He needs our prayers!
DJ Pasternak, Author 