Chuck Schumer slams Trump's abortion flip-flop as GOP keeps squabbling

He even said Graham’s failure to toe the line could cost Republicans the Congress and “even the presidency,” effectively admitting he fears losing to Biden.

Trump campaign advisers say the former president privately considers abortion to be a political “loser” and hopes it plays as small a role as possible in his White House rematch with President Biden.

That appears to be wishful thinking as Democrats and abortion-rights activists continue to hit him hard on the issue. They blame Trump for opening the door to near-total abortion bans in most Republican states as well as the ongoing push to ban medication abortion.

The Biden campaign put out a new ad depicting a Texas woman who nearly died and may never be able to have children again after she was denied care for a stillborn child under the Lone Star State’s six-week abortion ban.

“Donald Trump did this,” reads the ad’s final line.

Trump once said he was “strongly pro-choice” but switched to the “pro-life” side when he entered Republican politics. He has floated various stances on the issue over the years, while consistently bragging that he gave conservatives what they long considered the Holy Grail by reversing Roe, which legalized abortion nationwide for 50 years.

The former president will likely face far more questions about abortion as the election cycle heats up.

In Arizona, the conservative state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 123-year-old law bans all abortions in the state.

Trump’s home state of Florida is the latest to enact a near-total ban on abortion after the Florida Supreme Court rejected an appeal over its constitutionality.

Sunshine State voters will also get the chance to vote on a constitutional amendment that would effectively restore the protections provided by Roe v. Wade and overturn the ban.

Trump has not yet said how he will vote on the referendum, which requires 60% support to pass. That’s about the same share of voters who generally support abortion rights, polls say.