Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
In March 2016, as Donald Trump positioned himself as the frontrunner for his party’s presidential nomination, the then-candidate appeared on MSNBC and talked about his perspective on abortion policy. Chris Matthews specifically asked the Republican whether those who terminate pregnancies should be punished. “The answer is that there has to be some form of punishment,” Trump replied. When the host clarified, “For the woman?” the future president added, “Yes, there has to be some form.
But the interview with Time magazine forced the Republican to consider some of the practical consequences of his latest position on reproductive rights. From the article: In other words, if Republican officials red states start monitoring women’s pregnancies and prosecuting women, Trump has no interest in intervening. He’d simply allow those GOP officials to do as they pleased, regardless of the real-world consequences for the woman affected by the far-right agenda.
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