Trump declares he would not sign national abortion ban, states Arizona Supreme Court abortion ruling went too far

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Former President Donald Trump declared he would not sign a national abortion ban if the legislation were sent to his desk in a second term and asserted that an Arizona Supreme Court ruling upholding an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions in the state went too far.

“Yeah, they did,” Trump told reporters about the ruling issued on Tuesday during an impromptu press conference in Atlanta on Wednesday morning. “It’s all about state’s rights. It’ll be straightened out. I’m sure the governor and everybody else are going to bring it back within reason.”

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