The billionaire businessman has said that women who end pregnancies should be punished if America bans the procedure.
It has triggered a torrent of criticism from both sides of the debate, including on social media. His White House rivals are among those who have been reacting.
Since the comments were broadcast, Trump has rowed back his remarks. First by saying that the abortion issue should be handled by states and then later by saying that doctors who perform them should be held responsible.
“The doctor or any other person performing this illegal act upon a woman would be held legally responsible, not the woman,” Trump said in his last statement.
“The woman is a victim in this case as is the life in her womb.”
Abortion was legalised in the US in 1973, when the Supreme Court declared that a woman’s constitutional right to privacy protects her decision to end a pregnancy.
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