Donald Trump stated on Friday he’ll vote towards Florida’s abortion rights poll modification in any case, as he tries to stem the backlash from anti-abortion Republicans for having instructed earlier that he may assist the measure in November.

Trump stated that he opposes Florida’s Modification 4, which, if handed, will enshrine abortion rights within the state structure. His feedback look like an try to handle the fallout from his interview with NBC Information a day earlier, when he signaled an openness to supporting the poll modification.

Trump had been vital of Florida’s six-week abortion ban in his NBC Information interview. When requested how he would vote on Modification 4, he stated, “I’m going to be voting that we’d like greater than six weeks.”

These remarks led anti-abortion activists to accuse him of betraying their motion. In that very same interview, he stated that if re-elected, both his administration or insurance coverage firms would cowl the price of IVF for sufferers — a proposition that raised questions on how such a coverage might be enacted and whether or not he’d even have the power as president to satisfy such a politically and administratively difficult promise.

The controversy over Trump’s place on his dwelling state’s poll modification speaks to the predicament he faces with reference to abortion — one which’s been exacerbated by the autumn of Roe v. Wade. Trump has bragged about being chargeable for the demise of Roe and for returning the problem of abortion rights to the states. But he has criticized Republican-led states for passing excessive abortion bans. As president, he beforehand supported a nationwide abortion ban however has since stated he wouldn’t signal one into legislation if re-elected. His assist for IVF additionally goes towards the GOP platform’s assist for fetal personhood legal guidelines, which might doubtless have the impact of outlawing such remedies.

With abortion proving to be a dropping difficulty for Republicans on the poll field, Trump’s inconsistency on reproductive rights appears largely a play for votes. As he tries to enchantment to People who assist abortion rights with out alienating his conservative base, the lengths he’ll go to court docket voters with diametrically opposed calls for stays to be seen.

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking/trending information blogger for MSNBC Digital. She was beforehand a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed Information.