Republicans are using an unlikely figure in hopes of erasing Donald Trump’s long history of anti-abortion rhetoric: the late Supreme Court feminist icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Ginsburg, who died in 2020, was one of the most progressive justices on the Supreme Court and had long supported abortion rights. Trump once advocated criminal punishment for women who undergo abortions and repeatedly brags about his role in repealing nearly fifty years of federal abortion protections. And yet the pro-Trump political action committee, RBG PACframes the abortion views of Ginsburg and Trump as one and the same.
“Why did Ruth Bader Ginsburg agree with Donald Trump’s position on abortion? Because RBG believed the federal government should not dictate our abortion laws,” the website reads in large letters. “Donald Trump also does not support a federal ban on abortion. Great minds think alike on this issue.”
Ginsburg famous criticism of Trump, and her dying wish was for his successor to replace her chair on the Supreme Court.
Ginsburg believed in the abortion rights provided under Roe v. Wade, but she didn’t like it how the statement was constructed, and I wish it had been so framed around equal protection instead of privacy. The PAC’s website highlights previous reporting on Ginsburg’s doubts about the Roe decision, but only includes headlines to indicate that she disagreed with the concept of federal abortion protections.
Meanwhile, the Republican nominee for president has consistently bragged about appointing three Supreme Court justices who were crucial in overturning Roe. One of the three is Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who replaced Ginsburg and voted with the majority to repeal abortion protections. Although Trump has been swimming On whether he would support a national abortion ban, several of his longtime allies created Project 2025 — a second-term policy plan that lays out the goal of enacting a federal abortion ban and threatening other reproductive rights.
The RBG PAC was only created last week and has gained traction almost $20 million from donors, according to Federal Election Commission filings. May Mailman, former legal adviser to the Trump administration, does mentioned as treasurer of the super PAC. Mailman has been advocating against abortion protection for years and that was true an important opponent of ohio’s pro-choice voting initiative, which past last year. She is currently director of the Independent Center for Women’s Law. HuffPost was unable to contact Mailman for comment.
The paperwork to form the RBG PAC was filed on October 16. – the last day of the last FEC filing period before Election Day. It was likely an intentional move so that the PAC doesn’t have to announce the donor breakdown of that $20 million until after the election.
President Trump has been clear: he does not support a federal abortion ban.
“His position is my position. And that’s why I support Trump.” pic.twitter.com/Vaxrpz3Md2
— RBG PAC (@RBG_PAC) October 25, 2024
The website contains two digital ads that focus on abortion, including An with a woman saying she never voted for Trump “but when he was president.” was a lot better.” The woman adds that “freedom to choose is also important” to her and Trump is not in favor of a national abortion ban.
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