COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley stated she sees a federal position within the debate over abortion rights however stopped in need of endorsing a nationwide ban on the process in a speech Tuesday on the headquarters of a number one anti-abortion group.

Haley additionally described the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade final 12 months as a return to state-by-state laws on the process - “the way the issue was decided in our country for nearly two centuries,” she stated.

“I do believe there is a federal role on abortion,” Haley stated on the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. “Whether we can save more lives nationally depends entirely on doing what no one has done to date – finding consensus. That’s what I will strive to do.”

Haley was not particular on what the federal position needs to be.

The speech by Haley, the previous governor of South Carolina and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, got here simply days after the Susan B. Anthony group blasted former President Donald Trump over his competition that abortion restrictions needs to be left as much as particular person states, not the federal authorities. The group has stated it might not help any White House candidate who didn't at a minimal help a 15-week federal abortion ban.

Introducing Haley on Tuesday, the group’s president, Marjorie Dannenfelser, stated the post-Roe atmosphere “demands powerful, national leadership on the most fundamental right each of us has: the right to live.” Commending Haley as such a pacesetter, Dannenfelser stated she “has decided something very important, and that is to lead, to go toward the issue, and not to run away.”

All of the candidates working within the Republican presidential major or transferring towards a bid have supported state bans on abortion, however most - like Haley - have been extra cautious about staking a place on a nationwide ban or in naming a precise week in a being pregnant at which abortions needs to be restricted.

Part of that may be a recognition that abortion restrictions could also be standard in a Republican major however current a conundrum for candidates in a common election. A majority of Americans say Congress ought to go a legislation guaranteeing entry to authorized abortion nationwide, based on a ballot by The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research taken shortly after Roe was overturned.

Haley on Tuesday criticized the give attention to week-by-week restrictions and stated the extra essential situation was discovering an applicable settlement on the difficulty.

“Everyone goes to the barricades and attacks the other side. They’ve turned a sensitive issue that has long divided people into a kind of gotcha bidding war,” she stated. “’How many weeks are you for? How many exceptions are you for?’ And so on. But these questions miss the point if the goal is saving as many lives as possible.”

“You don’t save any lives if you can’t enact your position into law,” she continued. “And you can’t do that unless you find consensus.”

Haley additionally mentioned her file on abortion, which she referred to as “long and clear.” As a state House member, Haley stated she voted for “every pro-life bill that came before me,” together with a 24-hour ready interval for individuals looking for abortions. As governor, she signed a measure into legislation prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks - a measure that's nonetheless in impact as extra restrictive measures in different states have been overturned within the courts.

Haley’s pitch was additionally private, drawing on tales of her husband Michael’s adoption, her personal struggles with infertility and a buddy’s rape.

“I often think about what would have happened if Michael had not been so blessed, if his biological mother had chosen a different path,” Haley stated. “My husband is reason No. 1 that I stand for life. Every day that I get to spend with the love of my life reminds me that I am blessed that someone saved his life.”

Haley additionally did one thing she’s not often referenced in her marketing campaign occasions, discussing her name in 2015 for the removing of a Confederate battle flag after the racist killings of 9 Black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, by a white supremacist.

“We found consensus on a very tough issue,” Haley stated. “What was true then with the flag can be true now with abortion. This shouldn’t be about one movement winning and another one losing. … It’s about saving babies and supporting moms. I’m fighting for all of them, and I will work with anyone to do that.”

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