华盛顿-前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)表示，联邦政府应该在反对堕胎方面发挥“至关重要的作用”，但再次未能提供如果再次当选白宫，他将支持哪些国家限制的具体细节。
特朗普周六在最高法院推翻国家堕胎权的周年纪念日对一群有影响力的福音派人士发表的言论，与他的前副总统和2024年的竞争对手迈克·彭斯形成鲜明对比。
彭斯在一天前的同一次会议上发表讲话，挑战每一位共和党总统候选人支持通过一项至少在怀孕15周内禁止堕胎的全国性禁令。
共和党领跑者特朗普一直不愿支持全国性禁令，并建议限制应留给各州。他甚至表示，推动增加堕胎限制将是共和党的政治责任，尽管他的三名最高法院提名人构成了去年投票推翻罗伊诉韦德案的大法官的大多数。
特朗普在信仰前的演讲中&自由联盟的年度会议，继续提供一个混乱的答案。他说，他相信“最大的进步正在美国取得，这是每个人都想去的地方。”
“他们希望罗伊诉韦德案终止的原因之一，”他说，“是让它回到那些很多人强烈感觉到反堕胎正在取得最大进步的州。”
但是这位前总统还补充道，“当然，联邦政府在保护未出生的生命方面仍有重要作用。”
特朗普表示，他支持在涉及强奸和乱伦的情况下，或者当母亲的生命处于危险之中时，堕胎限制的三个例外。
他对自己在推翻这一具有里程碑意义的裁决中所扮演的角色承担了全部责任，并表示他“为自己是美国历史上最反堕胎的总统而感到自豪。”
尽管白人福音派基督徒最初不愿意在2016年支持特朗普，但他承诺任命法官到法院推翻罗伊案——以及该裁决的最终推翻——为他赢得了福音派运动的深深支持。
当他周六登上舞台时，他受到了数百名观众的起立鼓掌，一些与会者站在椅子上看他入场。特朗普的热情明显高于前一天早上，当时彭斯和其他一些总统候选人在会议上发表了讲话。
前新泽西州长克里斯·克里斯蒂是候选人之一，他在周五的讲话中批评川普时遭到了嘘声。
周六晚上，人群爆发出持续不断的“我们要特朗普!”前总统的讲话进行到一半。
“你的其他候选人也受到过这种待遇吗?”特朗普笑着说。
特朗普在讲话中承诺，如果再次当选总统，他将“按照大法官克拉伦斯·托马斯和前大法官安东宁·斯卡利亚的模式任命坚如磐石的保守派法官”。他还重复了他之前的错误主张，即堕胎权利支持者希望在怀孕第九个月甚至分娩后“杀死一个婴儿”。
这位共和党前总统还发誓说，在明年选举日之前，他将公布他考虑任命到最高法院的潜在法官名单。
佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯(Ron DeSantis)被视为特朗普在共和党提名中最接近的对手，他承诺最高法院将更加保守，这是他试图与特朗普区分开来的一部分。
德桑蒂斯周五在信仰和自由会议上发表讲话，宣布如果当选总统，他将按照托马斯和塞缪尔·阿利托法官的模式提名和任命最高法院法官，塞缪尔·阿利托法官是去年多布斯诉杰克逊妇女健康组织案的裁决人，该裁决结束了对堕胎的宪法保护。
在最近接受电台主持人休·休伊特(Hugh Hewitt)采访时，德桑蒂斯表示，他尊重特朗普任命的三名法官尼尔·戈萨奇(Neil Gorsuch)、布雷特·卡瓦诺(Brett Kavanaugh)和艾米·科尼·巴雷特(Amy Coney Barret)，但他说“我想说我们会做得更好。”
托马斯和塞缪尔·阿利托大法官“这三个人都不在一个级别上”，他们是去年多布斯诉杰克逊妇女健康组织案的裁决人，该案结束了对堕胎的宪法保护。
“我认为他们是黄金标准，”他说托马斯和阿利托，他们是由老布什总统和小布什总统任命的。
德桑蒂斯周五在信仰和自由会议上发表讲话时重申了这一承诺，发誓要任命托马斯和阿利托那样的大法官，并表示他将“站出来为他们辩护，抵御媒体和左翼团体的诽谤性攻击。”
这位佛罗里达州州长似乎指的是最近的报道，即托马斯和阿利托接受了富裕的共和党捐助者的豪华旅行，但没有透露他们。
Trump says US government has 'vital role' opposing abortion, won't say if he backs national ban
WASHINGTON -- Former President Donald Trump said the federal government should play a “vital role” opposing abortion but again failed to provide specifics on what national restrictions he would support if elected to the White House again.
Trump’s remarks to a group of influential evangelicals Saturday on the anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning the national right to an abortion stood in contrast to that of his former vice president and 2024 rival Mike Pence.
Pence, speaking at the same conference a day earlier, challenged every GOP presidential candidate to support the passage of a national ban on abortions at least as early as 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Trump, the GOP front-runner, has been reluctant to endorse a national ban and has suggested restrictions should be left to the states. He has even suggested that pushing for increased abortion restrictions would be a political liability for Republicans, despite his three Supreme Court nominees making up the majority of justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade last year.
Trump, in his speech before the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s annual conference, continued to offer a muddled answer. He said he believes “the greatest progress is now being made in the states, where everyone wanted to be."
“One of the reasons they wanted Roe v. Wade terminated," he said, "is to bring it back into the states where a lot of people feel strongly the greatest progress for pro-life is now being made."
But the former president also added, “There of course remains a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life.”
Trump said he supports three exceptions to abortion restrictions in cases involving rape and incest or when the life of a mother is in danger.
He took full credit for his role in the overturning of the landmark ruling and said he was “proud to be the most pro-life president in American history.”
Though white evangelical Christians were initially reluctant to back Trump in 2016, his promises to appoint justices to the court who would overturn Roe — and the ruling’s eventual overturning — have earned him deep support in the evangelical movement.
As he took the stage Saturday, he received a standing ovation from the crowd of hundreds, with some attendees standing on their chairs to see him enter. The enthusiasm was markedly higher for Trump than it was the previous morning, when Pence and a number of other presidential hopefuls addressed the conference.
One candidate, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, was met with boos when he criticized Trump in his remarks Friday.
On Saturday night, the crowd broke into sustained chants of “We want Trump!” halfway through the former president's remarks.
“Were your other candidates treated this way?” Trump said with a smile.
Trump, in his remarks, promised that if elected to the presidency again, he would appoint “appoint rock-solid conservative judges in the mold” of Justice Clarence Thomas and former Justice Antonin Scalia. He also repeated false claims that he’s made before that abortion rights supporters want to “kill a baby” in the ninth month of pregnancy or even after a birth.
The Republican former president also vowed that before Election Day next year, he will release the list of names of potential justices he would consider appointing to the Supreme Court.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen as Trump’s closest rival for the GOP nomination, has made the promise of an even more conservative Supreme Court part of his pitch to attempt to differentiate himself from Trump.
DeSantis, who addressed the Faith and Freedom conference Friday, declared that if elected president, he would nominate and appoint Supreme Court justices in the mold of Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito, who authored the ruling in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case last year that ended constitutional protections for abortion.
In a recent interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, DeSantis said he respects the three judges Trump appointed, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barret, but said “I would say we’ll do better than that.”
“None of those three are at the same level" of Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito, who authored the ruling in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case last year that ended constitutional protections for abortion.
“I think they are the gold standard," he said of Thomas and Alito, who were appointed by Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
DeSantis repeated that promise in his remarks at the Faith and Freedom conference Friday, vowing to appoint justices in the mold of Thomas and Alito and said he would “stand and defend them against scurrilous attacks that you’re seeing in the media and by left-wing groups."
The Florida governor appeared to be referring to recent reports that Thomas and Alito accepted luxury trips from wealthy GOP donors but did not disclose them.
