‘That’s the reality’: Marco Rubio backs Donald Trump plan to nix abortion ban from GOP platform

‘That’s the reality’: Marco Rubio backs Donald Trump plan to nix abortion ban from GOP platform

Marco Rubio says he’s fine with Donald Trump removing a long-standing plan to impose a national abortion ban from the GOP platform.

Under the position Trump is proposing, which could become official when the former President is confirmed as the party’s nominee at next week’s Republican National Convention, the party would defer abortion-related decisions to the states.

Several conservative groups oppose the arrangement. But according to Rubio, it’s the only realistic path forward following the Supreme Court’s seismic 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

“Our platform has to reflect our nominee, and our nominee’s position happens to be one grounded in reality,” Rubio told CNN’s Dana Bash on...

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