Ben Carsonwho is often talked about potential running mate As for Donald Trump, he’s out with a new book calling for a federal ban on abortion — a marked departure from the former president.
Carson, a noted pediatric neurosurgeon who is the Trump administration’s secretary of housing and urban development, writes in The Dangerous Fight: “Legislation is needed to guarantee the right to life of all American citizens, including those still in the womb.” “It was released on Tuesday. “Therefore, we must act boldly to save our fellow citizens through the legislative process. They hope for us!”
Trump’s current position He is not a supporter of a national abortion ban, an issue that has continued to push Republicans in recent elections.
In April he released his video said he believes abortion policy should be left up to the states.
“I think now that we have an abortion that everyone wants from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or by legislation, or maybe both, and whatever they decide should be the law of the land,” Trump said.
Video, Supreme Court nominee Roe v. It did little to calm matters for Trump, who sealed the deal on Wade’s repeal, or for other Republican candidates who have since had to debate the issue. excessive abortion bans in states.
Carson’s book calls for a return to conservative values, such as men “assuming leadership” in families, and ways to combat the “decline of the American family.”
He talks about the Israel-Hamas war and writes that Israel was surprised by the “coordination of those attacks at once and in a specific sequence” on October 7.
“A similar attack is being waged against America, especially against American families,” Carson wrote, adding that the nation’s enemies are engaged in a “long-term, coordinated, multi-pronged attack to destroy our families.”
Carson has long been conservative on abortion. In 2015, when he was running for the presidency, he compared it to women who terminate their pregnancies.slave owners“Meet the Press” on NBC News.
“During slavery—and I know this is one of those things you’re not supposed to say, but I’m saying it—many slave owners thought they had the right to do whatever they wanted with that slave. , whatever they choose to do. What if the abolitionists said, “You know, I don’t believe in slavery. I think it’s wrong, but you do what you want to do? Where would we be?’
Carson too he said he waspen has considered allowing women to terminate pregnancies to save their lives, but said he does not believe in exemptions for rape and consanguinity.
“Rape and consanguinity – I wouldn’t be in favor of killing a baby because that’s how the baby was born,” she said.
In addition to calling for an abortion ban, Carson calls for cuts in federal aid for single mothers in her new book.
“Many of the welfare programs enacted by our government have locked recipients into a cage of dependency from which they have no way out,” Carson writes. “We are encouraging people to raise children outside of traditional families, which means we are forcing parents to make decisions that we know will be harmful to their children. These systems must be stopped. Not immediately, of course. A waiting period of up to five years for people to make alternative plans.”
It’s the Trump campaign it is still in the early stages As he and his top aides focus on their own work, sources told NBC News about the process of choosing a running mate. Criminal case in New Yorklasts four days a week.
But there was an abortion problem In March, close to a dozen sources told NBC News that Trump is considering a running mate, and the Democratic group EMILY’s List has already made it clear who he plans to pursue.extremist“On the issue.