Trump says he will vote that Florida needs ‘more than six weeks’ for abortion

Former President Donald Trump didn’t exactly say how he would vote on a Florida amendment that would protect abortion access — but on Thursday he said he would “be voting that we need more than six weeks.”

Florida currently bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a change that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law in 2023. Trump has previously called Florida’s six-week ban a “terrible mistake.”

When an NBC News reporter asked Trump how he would vote on Florida’s abortion amendment, Trump reiterated that he thought the six-week cutoff was too short. When the reporter followed by asking Trump if that meant he would be voting for Amendment 4, that’s when Trump said he would be voting that “we need more than six weeks.”

Amendment 4 says in part that no law should “prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health.” If passed, it would in effect undo Florida’s current six-week ban.

While Trump has skirted around directly addressing the amendment, DeSantis has come out in vocal opposition against Amendment 4, calling it “extremely radical.”

Trump and DeSantis butted heads over abortion when they were both on the presidential campaign trail, with DeSantis accusing Trump of not being truly “pro-life.” DeSantis also said he would sign a federal abortion ban, while Trump has declined to endorse such a move.

Earlier this month, Trump said he would soon officially announce how he plans to vote on the November amendment. It needs 60% of voter support to pass.