WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is accusing former President Donald Trump of flip-flopping on one of the biggest issues this election season: abortion rights.

What You Need To Know

  • Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign launched the Fighting for Reproductive Freedom bus tour this week in Florida. The state will consider a ballot measure to expand abortion access 

  • Harris supporters say he has reversed his stance on the proposed amendment and shifted his views on abortion rights

  • Trump came out against the measure in an interview with Fox News, a day after telling NBC News that Florida’s current six-week ban was “too short”

  • Trump’s views on abortion rights may be dividing conservatives, with Texas Alliance for Life, a group that pushed for abortion restrictions in the state, declining to endorse him so far 

Harris’ campaign launched the Fighting for Reproductive Freedom bus tour this week in Florida. The state will consider a ballot measure to expand abortion access, and it's where Trump is a voter. Harris supporters say he has reversed his stance on the proposed amendment and shifted his views on abortion rights.

“He has had more positions on reproductive rights than he’s had wives,” said Ana Navarro, a Republican political commentator who has endorsed Harris. 

Trump came out against the measure in an interview with Fox News, a day after telling NBC News that Florida’s current six-week ban was “too short.”

“I am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks,” Trump told NBC News.

“Six is too short. It’s just too short a period, and the nine months is unacceptable, but for that reason, for the radicalization on the Democrat side, we’re voting no,” Trump told Fox News the next day. 

Trump appointed the three Supreme Court justices that created the majority to end the constitutional right to an abortion.

Before Roe v. Wade was overturned, the Republican-led Texas Legislature enacted a six-week ban. 

Spectrum News asked Texas Alliance for Life, a group that pushed to pass abortion restrictions in Texas, about what it made of Trump’s comments about the Florida proposal to expand abortion access. 

“We have to look at what was clear, not what was vague,” said Amy O’Donnell, communications director for Texas Alliance for Life.

“You could read between the lines and, and not really determine what he was trying to say, but he did make it very clear that he opposes that and and we support that and applaud that. That is where he should land on that amendment,” O’Donnell continued. 

But Trump’s views on abortion rights may be dividing conservatives.

While the Texas Alliance for Life endorsed Trump in 2020, they have not done so yet this year. 

“Trump has done a lot for the pro-life community. As we look ahead, we haven’t shifted organizationally on the importance that we’ve placed on protecting life. We believe that life is worthy of protection from conception,” O’Donnell said. “Neither candidate fully aligns with our views, but while one doesn’t align, he is a part of a party platform that advocates for the protection of life.” 

Part of the criticism Democrats have over Trump shifting the conversation on abortion rights is over his views on in vitro fertilization, or IVF. 

“Under the Trump administration, your government will pay for or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for all costs associated with IVF treatment, fertilization for women,” Trump recently said. 

Trump’s pledge raises questions about Republican backing and how those costs would be covered.