Trump won't sign national abortion ban if elected, says Arizona ruling will be 'straightened out'

Former United States president Donald Trump on Wednesday (April 10) said that if he again gets elected to the White House, he will not sign a national abortion ban.

With the statement, Trump went back from his promise which he had made as a candidate in 2016.

While standing on a tarmac on Wednesday (April 10) in Atlanta, Trump gave some definitive answers on the issue. When asked if he would sign a national abortion ban once it is passed by Congress, the former president shook his head and said, “No.”

“You wouldn’t sign it?” quizzed the reporter. “No,” Trump said once again.

Arizona's 1864 abortion ban will be 'straightened out': Trump

Speaking about Arizona's top court upholding a near-total abortion ban, which goes back to 1864, Trump said that the state has gone too far.

However, while speaking to the reporters, he said that the ban will quickly be "straightened out". The law passed in Arizona has placed a ban on abortion from conception and it can only be carried out to save a mother's life.

On Monday (April 8), Trump released a lengthy statement which said that the voters and states need to decide how and when abortion should be restricted.

In the statement, which was shared on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump also took credit for the US Supreme Court's historic ruling in 2022 which overturned Roe v Wade.

In 2016, Trump had campaigned on the appointment of justices who will oppose Roe. After becoming the president, he named three conservatives to the court who voted to reverse Roe.

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However, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee remained quiet over the national ban and said that it was "up to the states to do the right thing".

"My view is now that we have an abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land," Trump said.

He further expressed concerns regarding the Arizona ban and said that the governor would soon "bring it back into reason".

The top court of Arizona ruled that a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban can be re-enforced by the state.

(With inputs from agencies)