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Nikki Haley promised to address abortion 'directly and openly.' Then she didn't.

Apr 25, 2023 View Original Article
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51% : Jim McLaughlin, a Republican pollster whose clients include Trump, suggested there's wisdom to Trump walking a fine line between touting his past accomplishments for anti-abortion activists, while leaving the door open to appeal to abortion-rights supporters going forward.
48% : But she offered few specifics during her speech inside a converted breakroom at Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America's Arlington office, instead calling for the country to reach an unspecified "national consensus" on abortion to "save as many lives and help as many moms as possible."
45% : Haley's struggle to articulate a clear position on abortion in an address that was billed as a chance to do just that highlights how fraught the issue is for Republicans on the national campaign trail.
44% : "I don't judge someone who is pro-choice any more than I want them to judge me for being pro-life," said Haley, who as governor of South Carolina, signed a law restricting abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
39% : Haley said her husband's adoption out of foster care as a young child and her own struggle with infertility made her opposed to abortion -- "not because the Republican Party told me to be."
38% : And he said he believes abortion is a "form of murder," but shouldn't be regulated federally.
34% : Haley did not embrace a specific time threshold after which she would want to see abortion banned, though the hosts of the event said she had done so to them in private discussions.
23% : "But I also think ... pro-choice voters do not feel threatened with Donald Trump's position on abortion.

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