Donald Trump says babies should not be born ‘in the ninth month’ as he flubs anti-abortion rally speech
Trump made the error while speaking at the annual March for Life in Washington. He is the first sitting president to speak at the 45-year-old event
Donald Trump cheered on the “beautiful cause” of anti-abortion protesters at their annual March for Life rally in Washington on Friday – but accidentally decried ordinary births when he flubbed his speech.
“Right now in a number of states the law allows a baby to be born from his or her mother’s womb in the ninth month,” said Trump, inadvertently describing how most people on the planet entered the world.
“It is wrong,” he said. “It has to change.”
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The law allows a baby to be born from his or her mother’s womb in the ninth month. It is wrong. It has to change
It seems probable that Trump intended to say that the babies are “torn” from the womb, in a somewhat emotionally charged take on late-term abortion.
However, the thousands of cheering protesters, who watched Trump’s video-link address – making him the first sitting president to do so – did not seem bothered.
“The March for Life is a movement born out of love,” the president said from the White House Rose Garden, declaring himself “honoured” to address the colourful crowd of families, students and religious groups who brandished banners reading “Choose Life.”
“You love your families, you love your neighbours, you love our nation and you love every child – born and unborn – because you believe every life is sacred,” Trump said.
Friday’s march marks an anniversary which infuriates anti-abortion activists – the Supreme Court’s historic ruling on “Roe v. Wade,” which legalised the procedure across the United States in 1973.