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Democrats, seeking to tie abortion restrictions to former President Donald J. Trump and Republicans, again laid the blame for limits on reproductive rights at Mr. Trumps feet, saying the former presidents statement on Monday calling for abortion restrictions to be decided by states was part of a pattern of extreme lawmaking.

In the video he released, Mr. Trump said that states should decide through legislation and make it the law of the land, and in this case, the law of the state. A handful of Republicans disagreed, saying he did not go far enough by not endorsing a federal ban or discussing it at all. But Democrats, who have identified reproductive rights as a top campaign issue this year, argue that Mr. Trump effectively did endorse a total ban by leaving the decision to states who will implement one and that, if re-elected, he will enact a total ban on the procedure something Mr. Trump has not specifically said he would do.

In a blistering 604-word statement, President Biden said via his campaign that Mr. Trump was responsible for creating the cruelty and the chaos that has enveloped America since the Dobbs decision, referring to the 2022 Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson, which overturned Roe v. Wade. The president said that his opponents abortion stance has created a crisis of his own making. Mr. Trump, he said, is lying about the number of Americans who support abortion restrictions and scrambling to craft a message around his record.

Heres what Donald Trump doesnt understand: When he ripped away Roe v. Wade, he ripped away a fundamental right for the women of America that the United States Supreme Court had affirmed and reaffirmed for 50 years. As a fundamental right, it didnt matter where you lived, Mr. Biden said in the statement.

The president also challenged Mr. Trumps false statement that Americans widely support restrictions on abortion and said the former president made a political deal to appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade in exchange for support from anti-abortion voters.

Trump admits as much in his statement today, Mr. Biden said. Having created the chaos of overturning Roe, hes trying to say, Oh, never mind. Dont punish me for that. I just want to win.

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