Former President Donald Trump has touted his U.S. Supreme Court picks for helping overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion precedent last year and said his actions gave pro-life advocates greater power to negotiate and set abortion policy.
In an interview with Just The News on Tuesday, Trump claimed particular credit for the end of Roe v. Wade. As president, Trump appointed three of the Supreme Court justices—Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barret—who supported overturning the landmark precedent during last year’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson allows states to legislate aspects of abortion not already covered by federal law….