{"id":86389,"date":"2016-01-27T17:25:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T22:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=86389"},"modified":"2016-01-28T13:13:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T18:13:55","slug":"donald-trump-and-the-failure-to-act-pro-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/donald-trump-and-the-failure-to-act-pro-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump and the failure to act pro-life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On January 23, it seemed Donald J. Trump realized he had made a mistake. He had failed to make a single statement<\/a> on social media about the anniversary of Roe v. Wade<\/em> or the March for Life the day before. His silence brought a heap of questioning, doubts, and ire. So the day after<\/em> the March for Life and Roe<\/em>‘s anniversary, Trump hastily got the Washington Examiner to print an op-ed<\/a> declaring his pro-life values.<\/p>\n

Voters can never predict, with 100% certainty, what a candidate will do once he or she is elected. However, a track record – a history of action – at least proves what a candidate has actually\u00a0done<\/em> in the past. Words mean little, particularly when they come from the mouth of a professional entertainer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A look into Donald Trump’s history reveals that his pro-life position is high on words and low – or perhaps, nonexistent – on action.<\/p>\n

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1. Donald Trump’s words change.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump shared the reason<\/a> behind his claimed pro-life conversion at the first GOP debate:<\/p>\n

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\u201cFriends of mine years ago were going to have a child, and it was going to be aborted. And it wasn\u2019t aborted. And that child today is a total superstar, a great, great child. And I saw that. And I saw other instances… I am very, very proud to say that I am pro-life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As The Wise Republic explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The moral logic here is frightening. Children are only worth protecting if they go on to become a \u201csuperstar\u201d? That is totally antithetical to the pro-life ethos that says, \u2018every life has value\u2019 no matter whether someone is strong or weak.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As Trump so often asserts, he is for the winners, the smart ones, the successful people. What does he think should happen to babies with disabilities?<\/p>\n

Back in 1999, Trump gave an interview to Tim Russert, in which he asserted that he was “pro-choice in every respect.” Even back then, he was talking about being president, and stating that he would not ban partial-birth abortion. Interestingly, at the time, President Clinton had already vetoed such a ban twice – an indication that Trump and Bill Clinton saw eye-to-eye on the issue.<\/p>\n