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Former President Donald Trump said Saturday he was proud to be “the most pro-life president” in US history as religious conservatives marked the first anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v Wade.
Speaking before the Faith & Freedom Coalition Gala in Washington DC, Trump noted that he was speaking on the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs v Jackson ruling.
In that ruling, the conservative majority rejected Roe v Wade, which ruled in 1973 that the right to abortion was protected by the constitution. Since the Dobbs ruling, a number of laws have been passed at the state level restricting abortion.
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The Republican presidential nominee, former US President Donald Trump, speaks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. ((Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images))
Trump has been criticized by some pro-life advocates after he called Florida’s law restricting abortion to the first six weeks of pregnancy “too harsh.”
On Saturday, he addressed those who consider him insufficiently pro-life by telling a story about a woman who defended him to other conservatives by saying “his husband ended Roe v Wade.”
Although the ruling came in 2022 after he left the White House, Trump is credited with influencing the decision by appointing three conservative Supreme Court justices during his tenure.
Trump welcomed the comparison.
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“And I actually said that myself. But I’m proud to be the most pro-life president in American history,” he said.
“From my first day in office, I’ve taken historic action to protect the unborn, very historic. No one else did anything close to what we did,” he said.
Trump cited steps including reinstating the Mexico City policy, which banned federal funding to organizations abroad that perform abortions.
He also took aim at pro-abortion activists, accusing them of wanting “unrestricted abortion on demand and even executing babies after birth”.
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“It’s the radical people if they’re willing to kill a child after birth, they’re willing to make it last more than nine months. It’s the radical people. It’s the people who are really in trouble with the Lord ,” he said.
He also emphasized the pro-life message that Christians often proclaim that all life is sacred — even the lives of those not yet born.
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“Every child, born or unborn, is a sacred gift from God,” he said.
Adam Shaw is a political reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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