I'll grant you that Trump absolutely sees abortion policy as a political transaction, but I do not understand why a New York Times reporter would think their readers do not deserve to know that Donald Trump has repeatedly and publicly supported criminalizing people who have abortions.I'll grant you that Trump absolutely sees abortion policy as a political transaction, but I do not understand why a New York Times reporter would think their readers do not deserve to know that Donald Trump has repeatedly and publicly supported criminalizing people who have abortions.

Even if you write off "there must be some punishment" as irrelevant because it's somehow Trump's personal belief and irrelevant to policy, the man literally told the Danbury Institute, which wants abortion prosecuted as homicide, it would "make a comeback" if he's president. This was two weeks ago.Even if you write off "there must be some punishment" as irrelevant because it's somehow Trump's personal belief and irrelevant to policy, the man literally told the Danbury Institute, which wants abortion prosecuted as homicide, it would "make a comeback" if he's president. This was two weeks ago.