‘He Has Not Said That’: Martha MacCallum Fact-Checks Dem Senator After He Claims Trump Backs National Abortion Ban

Fox News host Martha MacCallum called out Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona after he claimed former President Donald Trump would sign a national abortion ban into law should he return to the White House in January.

Trump has repeatedly stated he does not support a national ban on abortion, even though he appointed three Supreme Court justices, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, who joined the court’s majority opinion in a June 2022 ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and returned the issue of abortion to the states. MacCallum cut in when Kelly claimed abortion was banned in Arizona.

“Abortion is not banned in Arizona,” MacCallum said. The senator quickly responded, “There is a 15-week ban with no exceptions for rape and incest.”

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“But the issue is, if Donald Trump is back in the White House, he has previously said that given the opportunity, he will put in a nationwide abortion ban,” Kelly claimed, prompting MacCallum to cut him off, saying, “He didn’t say that. Senator, Senator, I’m sorry, he has not said that.”

Trump said that he would oppose the pro-abortion Amendment 4 referendum in Florida, claiming it went too far, though he also expressed concerns regarding the state’s