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Donald Trump’s views on a national abortion ban have not exactly been transparent.

In March, the repeat presidential candidate seemed to support the idea: “The number of weeks now, people are agreeing on 15, and I’m thinking in terms of that, and it’ll come out to something that’s very reasonable,” he said during an interview.

Previously, he floated a 16-week ban because he liked the roundness of the number.

But then, in April, after Arizona’s Supreme Court revived a near-total abortion ban dating back to 1864, Trump said the court had gone too far and that he wouldn’t sign a national abortion ban if it came across his desk. “It’s all about state’s rights, and it will be straightened out,” he said after the ruling.

The flip-flopping probably has something to do with the line Trump is trying to walk between many within his base who support a national ban on abortion and the women voters …

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