Anti-abortion groups blast Trump’s recent appointments: ‘Totally concerning’

The anti-abortion activists celebrating Donald Trump’s vow to vote no on Florida’s upcoming abortion-rights amendment have their sights on a bigger target: extracting a promise from the former president to staff his administration with staunch abortion opponents if he wins in November.

Trump’s rejection of Amendment 4 on Friday — 24 hours after criticizing the state’s six-week abortion ban — followed a public and private lobbying blitz from anti-abortion leaders. That included phone calls with Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, pollster and former Trump Senior Counselor Kellyanne Conway, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who argued that Amendment 4 could allow “unlimited” abortion access. After those conversations, Trump told Fox News the ballot measure was too “radical” and he would vote to uphold the state’s existing ban.