Former President Donald Trump appeared to suggest Thursday that he’ll vote in favor of a Florida ballot measure aimed at overturning the state’s six-week abortion ban.
“I think the six week is too short. It has to be more time,” Trump told NBC News when asked how he intends to vote on the November referendum. “I want more weeks.”
“I am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks,” the former president added.
A Trump campaign spokesperson said after the brief interview that the former president was not making a declaration on how he would vote on the ballot measure.
“President Trump has not yet said how he will vote on the ballot initiative in Florida, he simply reiterated that he believes six weeks is too short,” Trump Campaign National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the ban — which allows exceptions to save the mother’s life — into law in April of last year.
Trump, at the time, called DeSantis’ decision to sign the bill into law a “terrible mistake.”
The so-called “heartbeat” law, which derives its name from when an unborn baby’s heartbeat is detectable, went into effect in May.
Amendment 4, which is among six ballot questions Florida voters will take up in November, would provide a state constitutional right to abortion before viability, effectively killing the heartbeat law.
The measure will require a threshold of at least 60% support to succeed.
Trump has presented himself as being sympathetic to abortion rights advocates since the launch of his 2024 campaign.
He announced earlier this year that he would not support a national ban on the procedure.
Last week, Trump touted on Truth Social that, if elected, his administration would be “great for women and their reproductive rights.”
The Republican nominee for president indicated Thursday that he was fairly satisfied with the state of play as it relates to abortion.
“Look, just so you understand, everybody wanted Roe v. Wade terminated for years, 52 years. I got it done,” Trump said. “They wanted to go back to the states.”
“Exceptions are very important for me, for Ronald Reagan, for others that have navigated this very, very interesting and difficult path.”
A poll from the University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Research Lab released last month showed 69% of Sunshine State residents indicating that they would vote yes on Amendment 4 – which far out-polled support for Vice President Kamala Harris in the state.
However, a Florida Atlantic University/Mainstreet USA poll released earlier this month found only 56% of Floridians supporting the proposed amendment – 4 points less than necessary for the amendment to become law.
