What he called them · 2016 campaign · № 39
Said there must be 'some form of punishment' for women who have abortions if it were banned
“The answer is that there has to be some form of punishment.”
- Said
- , MSNBC town hall with Chris Matthews, Wisconsin
- Subject
- Women who have abortions
- Target
- Women
- Topic
- Health care
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What happened
Matthews pressed Trump on whether women should be punished if abortion were illegal. Trump said yes and added, 'I have not determined what the punishment' would be. Anti-abortion groups criticized the remark. That afternoon his campaign put out two statements. The second said doctors who perform abortions, not women, would be held responsible, and both said his 'position has not changed.' On Fox News Sunday on April 3 he said the question had been a hypothetical and that 'it's the doctor's fault or whoever performs the act.'