Co-Sponsored a National Abortion Ban, Then Said 'Nobody Is Pushing a National Ban'
What Byron said then
“Co-sponsored federal legislation that would enact a national ban on abortion. Praised Florida's 15-week ban. Called reproductive healthcare 'sick, perverse' and an ideology that 'erodes our nation's moral compass.'”
2022–2023
What he says now
“Nobody is trying to push a national abortion ban. The president has tried to conflate the two to make a political argument.”
2024
Context
Donalds is a co-sponsor of House Republicans' national abortion ban legislation and has a 100% rating from anti-abortion groups. He praised Florida's 15-week ban and called reproductive healthcare morally corrosive. When the national abortion ban became a political liability heading into 2024, he went on television and claimed 'nobody is trying to push' a national ban — despite his own name being on the legislation. He then dodged questions about Florida's six-week ban entirely.
The bottom line
Co-sponsored the thing he said didn't exist—then went on television and said it didn't exist