President Trump indicated Wednesday that he had a compromise solution between Republicans and Democrats on abortion policy, but wouldn’t elaborate on the plan.
“I won’t be able to explain that to you, because it is an issue that is a very divisive, polarizing issue,” Trump said at a press conference following the midterm elections in which Democrats took the House of Representatives. “But there is a solution. I think I have that solution, and nobody else does. We are going to be working on that.”
Democrats and Republicans have become further polarized on the issue of abortion in recent years.
Anti-abortion groups have praised Trump’s support of their cause. The White House has called on Congress to pass a 20-week abortion ban and for federal funding to be cut from Planned Parenthood. Neither has moved forward because of the slim GOP majority in the Senate, but Trump has moved administratively to cut off global funding from organizations that provide abortions and expanded exemptions on Obamacare’s birth control mandate, shielding groups who oppose contraception for religious or moral reasons.
Trump has also appointed conservative judges throughout the judiciary and to the Supreme Court and was the first president to speak through video conference before the March for Life rally.
“I’m just going to push, I’ve been pushing,” Trump said when asked a question over how he would advance his “pro-life agenda.”
“I’ve done a very good job, too. We’re very happy with me. But it’s been a very tough issue for the two sides, there’s no question about that.”
