During a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Thursday, former President Donald Trump would not rule out revoking access to mifepristone , one of the two drugs used in medication abortions. "You could do things that ..
.. would supplement — absolutely — those things are pretty open and humane," Trump said in response to a question from NBC News about whether he would take steps like directing the Food and Drug Administration to revoke access to mifepristone.
"There are many things on a humane basis that you can do outside of that," Trump added, saying that "you also have to give a vote" to people about abortion. Trump's comments Thursday appeared to be a shift from his position in June, when the former president said at a CNN debate : "I will not block it." In response to clarifying questions on Trump's position, Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign's national press secretary, told NBC News: "As President Trump said, he wants ‘everybody to vote’ on the issue, reiterating his long-held position of supporting the rights of states to make decisions on abortion.
" The idea of directing the FDA to revoke access to mifepristone is a core policy plan in Project 2025 , a 900-plus page document written by conservative groups and organized by the Heritage Foundation that lays out a governing plan for the next GOP presidential administration. Trump and his campaign have disavowed Project 2025, though the initiative is affiliated with many Trump allies and former advisers. A.