WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Saturday declared himself "strongly Pro-Life" but in favor of exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, after several US states passed tough new restrictions on abortions. "As most people know, and for those who would like to know, I am strongly Pro-Life, with the three exceptions — Rape, Incest and protecting the Life of the mother — the same position taken by Ronald Reagan," tweeted Trump. Trump, a bombastic, twice-divorced billionaire, won over the evangelical vote during his 2016 campaign by promising to appoint anti-abortion justices at the Supreme Court. American evangelicals now have high hopes that the court will chip away at its historic 1973 US decision to legalize abortion. Roe v Wade guarantees women's rights to abortion as long as the fetus is not viable

Source: Philippine Star May 19, 2019 04:52 UTC