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Former President Donald Trump says he will make a decision 'pretty soon' on where he stands on abortion nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.
In an interview with Fox News aired Sunday, the ex-president said he would like to make 'both sides happy' as he seeks a second term in the White House.
Abortion is expected to be one of the top issues heading into the November election and has proven to be a huge motivator for Democrats and moderate voters.
Trump has privately expressed support for a sixteen-week national abortion ban with exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother, the New York Times reported in February.
'I would like to see if we could make both sides happy,' Trump told Fox News in the interview on Sunday.
Trump in an interview with Fox News said he will make a decision on his abortion stance 'pretty soon' and said he wants to make 'both sides happy'
Trump has touted nominating three of the justices on the Supreme Court who overturned Roe v Wade in 2022. The New York Times recently reported the ex-president has privately expressed support for a 16-week abortion ban
On the campaign trail, Trump has celebrated the overturning of Roe and touts nominating the three justices to the Supreme Court during his first term that helped overturn the landmark ruling in 2022.
'They did something that, from a lot of standpoints, is extremely good,' Trump told Fox News.
He blasted Democrats as the ones who are 'radicals' on the issue.
But abortion rights divided Republicans during 2024 presidential primary.
While Trump has praised the Supreme Court justices he nominated for overturning Roe v Wade, he also went after his GOP opponents for their stances on abortion.
Last year, Trump called Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signing a six-week ban a 'terrible mistake.'
Trump also declined to say during the primary whether he would support a federal ban on abortion, a stance several of his former GOP presidential opponents supported.
In an interview with NBC, Trump said he could 'live with' abortion being banned in individual states.
Fourteen states have full abortion bans following the overturning of
