Trump Commits to Keeping Abortion Pill Available

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : Trump, who moderated his position on abortion during the 2024 presidential election, has said the states should determine their own policies on abortion.
35% : President-elect Donald Trump vowed he would not use his executive authority to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone in an interview published by Time magazine on Dec. 12.When asked by Time whether he was "committed to making sure that the [Food and Drug Administration (FDA)] does not strip their ability to access abortion pills," Trump said "that would be my commitment --
33% : Alternatively, Trump has praised the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to restrict abortion and has vowed to free pro-life activists who have been imprisoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
32% : Before Trump committed to maintaining access to the abortion pill, the president-elect went back and forth with the Time reporter, stating that the issue is complex "because you have other people that, you know, they feel strongly both ways, really strongly both ways, and those are the things that are dividing up the country.
24% : "The pledge is a blow to pro-life activists who had urged Trump to use the FDA's power to enforce a Comstock Act prohibition on the delivery of "obscene" and "vile" products through the mail -- which includes the delivery of anything designed to produce an abortion.

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