Will Trump Secure the Evangelical Vote With Abortion?

In 2016, Trump secured the Evangelical vote with his abortion stance.  Will he do it again?  During his first three years in office, President Trump has embraced socially conservative policies, particularly on abortion. He has appointed judges who oppose it, cut taxpayer funding, and painted Democrats who support abortion rights as extreme in their views.

It was just four years ago when a political committee supporting one of Trump’s Republican rivals unveiled an ad slamming his views on abortion, complete with footage from a 1999 interview in which he declared, “I am pro-choice in every respect.” By 2016, however, Trump said his views had changed and that he was now opposed to abortion except in the case of rape, incest and when the life of the mother is at risk. Despite his stance prior to running for president, Evangelicals have embraced him with open arms.

Since his January 2017 inauguration, Trump has worked to regulate and restrict abortion access using a series of rule changes that restrict the way … Click HERE to continue reading