Nikki Haley distances herself from campaign for federal abortion ban trends now

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Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and 2024 Republican candidate, on Sunday distanced herself from demands for a federal abortion ban.

And she fired a shot across the bows of her GOP rivals, saying that anyone campaigning for a ban was not being honest with voters.

'I think we have to tell the American people the truth: In order to do a national standard, you'd have to have a majority of the House, 60 Senate votes and a president,' she told CBS's 'Face the Nation.'

'We haven't had 60 pro-life senators in 100 years. 

'So the idea that a Republican president could ban all abortions is not being honest with the American people, any more than a Democrat president could ban these pro-life laws in the states.'