Opinion: The many abortions positions of Donald Trump

It's the most perilous circus act of all time: An overweight wacko is trying to keep his balance by waddling on a high wire.

That's Donald Trump doing battle with the abortion issue. What a spectacle it continues to be.

At last count, he has taken four or five or six different positions. This is not a surprise, because he's stuck between his MAGA base (where forced-birth zealots want to ban abortion entirely) and the American mainstream (where there's landslide support for reproductive freedom). And it's not a surprise that Trump keeps wobbling hither and yon, because, lest we forget, his only core conviction is saying whatever he thinks will help him win and keep him out of jail.

Granted, all candidates "evolve" from time to time – Kamala Harris no longer endorses a few positions that she took five years ago – but, on the issue that's galvanizing women in 2024, Trump is the runaway winner of the Flip Flop Follies.

Position 1: Way back in 1999, when he was first exploring a presidential bid,he told NBC News, "I just believe in choice...I am strongly pro-choice...I am pro-choice in every respect in as far as it........

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