Donald Trump appeared to suggest he would be open to restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone during a press conference on Thursday.
While speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, the former president was asked about plans that could be implemented to restrict abortion access beyond a national ban if he wins the presidential election in November.
One reporter gave an example of directing the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] to revoke access to mifepristone, a medication that when taken along with misoprostol is used to terminate a pregnancy within its first 10 weeks of gestation.
“You can do things which supplement, absolutely, and those things are pretty open, and humane, but you have to be able to have a vote,” Trump said.
“All I want to do is give everybody a vote, and the votes are taking place right now as we speak.
“There are many things on a human basis that you can do outside of that, but you also have to give a vote, and the people are going to have to decide.”
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