Former president Donald Trump suggested Monday that the politically volatile issue of abortion policy should be left to states. In a video posted on social media, Trump took credit for the overturning of Roe v. Wade and said it’s “now up to the states to do the right thing.” Trump, who appointed three of the conservative justices on the Supreme Court who overturned Roe, has wavered between highlighting and downplaying his role in curtailing abortion rights.
