The announcement, which took Trump’s already shocking campaign to new heights, comes in the wake of his claims that women should be “punished” for having abortions. In an interesting juxtaposition not common even amongst conservatives, the prospective Republican nominee is vehemently opposed to abortion but happily supports female contraception.
“I believe there is a problem” he said on a Raleigh, South Carolina stage last night, “and that problem is that we have lost control over reproduction in our country. We have lost control over how much people are reproducing, and we have lost control over what kinds of people are reproducing.” Cheered on by a rapturous crowd.