What Evangelicals Think of Trump's Abortion Flip-Flop
The Run-Up - A podcast by The New York Times - Thursdays
Former president Trump frequently takes credit for helping to overturn Roe v. Wade. But in recent weeks, he has posted on Truth Social, his social media site, that his administration would be “great for women and their reproductive rights.” He suggested that he might vote for a Florida ballot measure allowing abortion up to around 24 weeks, before reversing his position. And he floated the idea that under a Trump administration, in vitro fertilization treatments would be covered by insurance companies or the federal government. With these shifting messages, Donald Trump is basically daring anti-abortion voters to turn on him. So will they? On this week’s show, we check in with Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a leading voice for American evangelicals, to find out.
