Opinion: Trump owns this attack on American women
By Leana Wen May 20 at 5:22 PM Leana Wen, a physician, is president of the Planned Parent Action Fund and president and chief executive of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
For those of us who have been watching closely, the events of the past few weeks were expected. Trump promised his base that he would pack the federal courts with extreme judges, and he has done that. Politicians who have been plotting for years to ban abortion in the United States have promised to move outrageous and unconstitutional laws through their states to challenge Roe v. Wade, and they’ve done that, too.
When thousands of women started sharing their personal stories online with the hashtag #YouKnowMe, the fact that nearly a quarter of American women will have an abortion before the age of 45 was brought to the national consciousness like never before. Trump has elevated a position that is clearly and strongly opposed by most Americans. According to a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll last year, 71 percent of Americans think Roe v. Wade should not be overturned, including 52 percent of Republicans; that’s the highest level of support for Roe in that poll’s history, dating to 2005. Only 23 percent want to see the settled precedent discarded.
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