Trump reasserts anti-abortion credentials after distancing himself during campaign

President Donald Trump made his largest moves on abortion on Friday since being inaugurated, signing a pair of executive orders that meant to reestablish his opposition to the procedure after a leftward pivot on the campaign trail.

Trump was largely silent on abortion in the days following his inauguration, but a series of recent actions by the 47th president, including the orders to enforce the Hyde Amendment and reinstate the so-called Mexico City Policy, as well as his pardoning of several anti-abortion activists, is likely a sign of how he will approach the issue in his second term.