Trump privately favours a 16-week abortion ban

Former president Donald Trump has told advisers and allies that he likes the idea of a 16-week national abortion ban with three exceptions, in cases of rape or incest or to save the life of the pregnant person, according to two people with direct knowledge of Trump's deliberations. Trump has studiously avoided taking a clear position on restrictions to abortion since Roe v Wade was overturned in the middle of 2022, galvanising Democrats before the midterm elections that year. He has said in private that he wants to wait until the Republican presidential primary contest is over to publicly discuss his views, because he doesn't want to risk alienating social conservatives before he has secured the nomination, the two people said.