Donald Trump claims that today, a crucial day in the presidential campaign, he will reveal his stance on abortion

After months of avoiding taking a stance on a matter that might determine the result of November’s presidential election, former President Donald Trump says he will finally declare on Monday when he thinks abortions should be illegal.

The likely Republican candidate said on Sunday night that he will be making a statement against “abortion and abortion rights” on social media.

When questioned last week about the implementation of Florida’s six-week abortion ban, he assured reporters that he will provide a comment shortly.

For over a year now, Trump has refrained from stating when he would attempt to draw the line while pregnant, even as Republican-led states have implemented a flurry of new regulations in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s overthrow in 2022.

Both Democrats and Republicans who did not press Trump to support a nationwide abortion ban during the GOP primary will be eagerly monitoring his statement. Democrats feel that the battle over abortion rights benefits them in the polls.

According to Trump, “we must use common sense in realizing that we have an obligation to save our nation, which is currently in serious decline, TO WIN ELECTIONS, without which we will have nothing other than failure, death, and destruction.” He also stated on his social media site that “great love and compassion must be shown when even thinking about the subject of LIFE.”

Trump has long said that individuals opposed to abortion rights now had “tremendous power to negotiate” as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe.

Even though abortion is one of the most divisive issues in American politics, with supporters seeing it as a fundamental women’s right and opponents viewing it as murder, he said he wanted to use that leverage to reach a deal that would “make both sides happy” and bring the nation “together”.

In a radio interview last month, Trump hinted that he could be inclined to accept a nationwide ban on abortions beginning at around 15 weeks of pregnancy, or the early stages of the second trimester.

“At this point, people are in agreement about 15 weeks.” And that’s what I’m considering,” he said on WABC radio. And the result will be something rather fair. However, it seems that even conservatives are in agreement—15 weeks appears to be a quantity that people are comfortable with.

Meanwhile, Trump didn’t appear eager to support a nationwide prohibition. It’s a state problem, as everyone knows—you’ve been hearing this for years—according to legal experts on both sides. “It’s a state issue, not a federal issue,” he said.

Throughout the campaign, Trump has attempted to tread carefully when it comes to abortion. Often claiming credit for having appointed the justices on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade—a decision he has described as a “moral and unconstitutional atrocity”—he has positioned himself as the most pro-life president in American history.

However, he has also often attacked other Republicans for taking a too strong stance on the matter, holding them accountable for the party’s defeat in November by blaming them for having rejected exceptions for rape, incest, and situations in which the life of the expectant mother is in danger.

Many pro-life politicians lose elections because they are ill-prepared to address this issue. This was a major factor in our electoral defeats since they were unaware of how to bring it up. At the Concerned Women of America 2023 Leadership Summit, he said, “They had no idea.”

In the meanwhile, Democrats and Joe Biden’s campaign have brought attention to the matter in an effort to set themselves apart from Trump.

The majority of Americans, according to polls, think that abortion should be permitted up to the first trimester of pregnancy. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey from June of last year found that almost half of US respondents thought abortions should be legalized at 15 weeks.

The bulk of abortions conducted between 2012 and 2021 took place within the first 13 weeks of pregnancy, according to data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The constitutional right to an abortion up to the point of viability, which occurs at around 23 or 24 weeks into a pregnancy, was established by the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v Wade ruling.

According to the health policy research organization KFF, late-term abortions are uncommon and are often carried out when there are major fetal abnormalities, the mother’s life is in danger, or the women have had considerable delays in getting the operation.