Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley says it isn't practical for major candidates to say they'll usher in a federal abortion ban.

Mrs. Haley mentioned banning the process at a sure variety of weeks of being pregnant may be possible on the state stage however not in Congress, given the divided legislature.

“I’m not gonna lie to the American people. Nothing’s gonna happen if we don’t get 60 votes in the Senate,” Mrs. Haley, the previous governor of South Carolina and U.S. ambassador to the U.N., informed CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “We’re not even close to that on the Republican or the Democrat side. Why try and divide people further?”

Abortion is poised to be a significant situation within the 2024 marketing campaign. Liberals have been livid over a Supreme Court determination final yr that overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door to state restrictions, and Democrats used the event as an efficient weapon towards GOP candidates within the midterm elections.

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel says Republicans should confront the difficulty by staking out a transparent stance on abortion and pressuring Democrats to say whether or not they're snug with abortion at any level in a being pregnant.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who's poised to launch a GOP presidential bid, staked out an aggressive place by championing a six-week ban in his state.

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Former President Donald Trump, in the meantime, has taken credit score for appointing justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade. But he has not outlined a selected threshold for banning the process. 

Mr. Trump has mentioned the difficulty must be left to the states — a place that outraged Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, which referred to as it “an endorsement of abortion up until the moment of birth, even brutal late-term abortions in states like California, Illinois, New York and New Jersey.”

Mrs. Haley didn't shut the door to a federal restrict however mentioned it might not be accountable to push for one till there's a nationwide consensus on late-term abortions.

“In order to do a national standard, you’d have to have a majority of the House, 60 Senate votes and a president. We haven’t had 60 pro-life senators in 100 years,” Mrs. Haley informed CBS. “The idea that a Republican president could ban all abortions is not being honest with the American people, any more than a Democrat president could ban these pro-life laws in the states.”

“Let’s be honest with the American people and say: ‘Let’s find national consensus. Let’s agree on getting rid of late-term abortions,’” she mentioned.

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