Trump is no pro-life hero

Published July 16, 2019 4:00am ET



After eight years of pro-choice judges, increased abortion funding, and terrible policymaking by President Barack Obama’s administration, pro-lifers had reason to be hopeful when a Republican entered the White House in 2017. But two and a half years into Trump’s presidency, an honest analysis shows that his record on abortion isn’t exactly impeccable.

Let’s start with the good. Yes, Trump reenacted the Mexico City Policy, which forbids the use of federal funding for abortion overseas. His administration also recently stopped funding aborted fetal tissue research, and he is attempting to cut about $60 million in Title X funding to Planned Parenthood. According to Ballotpedia,Trump has confirmed 127 judges to federal judgeships, and these judges surely have a much stronger pro-life bent under his administration than they would have under Hillary Clinton’s.

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