With little more than a week before President Trump announces his nominee to the highest court in the land, Trump sought to downplay some of his past comments about making opposition to legalized abortion a litmus test for his Supreme Court picks.
In an interview with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, Trump said his advisers have told him he should not ask anyone on his list of potential nominees whether they would overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 decision that effectively legalized abortion in the United States.
“They’re all saying, don’t do that, you don’t do that, you shouldn’t do that. But I’m putting conservative people on,” said Trump.
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