Trump Will Speak to Christian Group as Dems Weaponize Abortion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Like the GOP, the Southern Baptist Convention has moved steadily to the right since the 1980s, and its members were in the vanguard of the wider religious movement that strongly supported Republican presidents from Ronald Reagan to Trump.
51% : Trump will give his address on the same day he appears virtually for a required pre-sentencing interview with New York probation officers.
46% : Trump "has been very clear: he supports the rights of states to determine the laws on this issue and supports the three exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother," Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said.
46% : "President Trump is committed to addressing groups with diverse opinions on all of the issues, as evidenced by his recent speech at the Libertarian Convention, his meetings with the unions, and his efforts to campaign in diverse neighborhoods across the country.
45% : "Trump brags that he is responsible for overturning Roe, he thinks the extreme state bans happening now because of him are 'working very brilliantly,' and if he's given the chance, he will sign a national abortion ban.
44% : Many Southern Baptists say they see him as the only alternative to a Democrat agenda they abhor.H. Sharayah Colter, spokesperson for The Danbury Institute, said in a statement the presidential race was a "binary choice" and said Trump has "demonstrated a willingness to protect the value of life even when politically unpopular.
42% : Trump has said he would not sign a national abortion ban and in an interview on the Fox News Channel last week, when commenting on the way some states are enshrining abortion rights and others are restricting them, said that "the people are deciding and in many ways, it's a beautiful thing to watch.
33% : "Four more years of Donald Trump means empowering organizations like the Danbury Institute who want to ban abortion nationally and punish women who have abortions," said Sarafina Chitika, a spokesperson for Biden's campaign.
32% : Trump has repeatedly taken credit for the overturning of a federally guaranteed right to abortion -- having nominated three of the justices who overturned Roe v. Wade -- but has resisted supporting a national abortion ban and says he wants to leave the issue to the states.
31% : "For over a year until he announced his position this spring, Trump had backed away from endorsing any specific national limit on abortion, unlike many other Republicans who eventually ended their presidential campaigns.
27% : Donald Trump on Monday will address a Christian group that calls for abortion to be "eradicated entirely," as the presumptive Republican nominee again takes on an issue that Democrats want to make a focus of this year's presidential election.
25% : Both the Southern Baptists whom Trump will address Monday and Republicans at large are split on abortion politics, with some calling for immediate, complete abortion bans and others more open to incremental tactics.
25% : Trump has repeatedly said the issue can be politically tricky and suggested he would "negotiate" a policy that would include exceptions for rape, incest and to protect the life of the mother.
22% : "Say what you will about Donald Trump and his sex scandals, he doesn't confuse male and female," wrote Mohler, who is a listed speaker for Monday's event, along with others from the denomination's right flank.
22% : Democrats and President Joe Biden's campaign have tried to tie Trump to the most conservative state-level bans on abortion as well as a recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that would have restricted access to in vitro fertilization and other fertility procedures that are broadly popular.
15% : Having been critical of President Bill Clinton's sexual behavior in the 1990s, Southern Baptists and other evangelicals have supported Trump.

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