(NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump avoided answering a press question about how he voted in regards to Florida’s abortion amendment on Tuesday.
“Just stop talking about that,” Trump responded to a reporter after being asked twice about how he voted on the abortion rights amendment in Florida.
Overturning of Roe v. Wade
“We did a great job, and then we brought it back to the states, as you know, I believe in exceptions as well,” Trump continued, saying he wasn’t going to talk about it further.
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, launching a national push to have voters decide abortion laws at the state level. Trump’s appointment of three conservative judges during his first term as president influenced the overturning of the measure.
Abortion was a major issue central to driving voters to the polls in the 2022 midterm elections, according to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In polling leading up to Election Day, abortion had surpassed inflation to be the top issue in the presidential election for young women.
Florida’s Amendment 4
Florida is among 10 states that had abortion rights measures on their ballots this year in response to restrictions and bans on reproductive rights across the country. Most measures gave voters a choice to solidify the right to abortion in state constitutions.
Florida’s Amendment 4 says “No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider. This amendment does not change the Legislature’s constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion.”
A “Yes” vote on the amendment supports adding the right to abortion in Florida’s constitution.
A “No” vote opposes changing the constitution and would keep Florida’s current six-week abortion ban in place.
