“Project 2025"
If you have come to believe that Trump's plan is Project 2025 and that he might "ban abortion"…
Project 2025 is nowhere on Donald Trump's website. His plan is called Agenda 47 and it is very different.
The actual Project2025.org website debunks that there is any connection between Trump and Project 2025:
The Heritage Foundation, which consists of people on the conservative right, for many years now has created detailed agendas, such as Project 2025, for every topic under the sun, as suggestions for all incoming administrations. Some of the people who worked on it may have been formerly in the Trump administration, but that's neither here nor there.
Trump claims to disagree with many plans Project 2025 contains. He has also said openly, many times, that he will not implement a national abortion ban. He has clarified that he actually couldn't even if he wanted to, which he doesn't, nor could any president, since it is now in the hands of the states.
Almost all of the 50 states have a large majority of women voters, so it is even out of the hands of men.
Trump claims to disagree with many plans Project 2025 contains. He has also said openly, many times, that he will not implement a national abortion ban. He has clarified that he actually couldn't even if he wanted to, which he doesn't, nor could any president, since it is now in the hands of the states.
Almost all of the 50 states have a large majority of women voters, so it is even out of the hands of men.
The claim: Project 2025 is a plan from Trump
A July 5, 2024, Facebook post [shown below] (direct link, archive link) includes nine slides describing supposed policy propositions from former President Donald Trump. The slides include an image of Trump along with the title "Project 2025."
“Trump has made his authoritarian intentions quite clear with his Project 2025 plan,” reads the post's caption.
It received more than 500 shares in four days.
Our rating: False
July 5, 2024 Facebook post with Facebook's "False information" flag:
The "False information" flag leads to the USA TODAY Fact-check:
Project 2025 is a political playbook created by the Heritage Foundation and dozens of other conservative groups, not Trump, who said he disagrees with elements of the effort. There are, however, numerous people involved in Project 2025 who worked in Trump's first administration.
President decides which policy recommendations to implement
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, collaborated with more than 100 conservative groups for Project 2025, also known as the Presidential Transition Project. The result is a more than 900-page playbook with policy recommendations for the next Republican president that reflect the think tank's goal of "(rescuing) the country from the grip of the radical Left."
Trump, however, has sought to publicly distance himself from the effort, as reported by The Washington Post.
“I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump wrote in a July 5 Truth Social post. “I have no idea who is behind it. I disagree with some of the things they’re saying and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them.”
President decides which policy recommendations to implement
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, collaborated with more than 100 conservative groups for Project 2025, also known as the Presidential Transition Project. The result is a more than 900-page playbook with policy recommendations for the next Republican president that reflect the think tank's goal of "(rescuing) the country from the grip of the radical Left."
Trump, however, has sought to publicly distance himself from the effort, as reported by The Washington Post.
“I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump wrote in a July 5 Truth Social post. “I have no idea who is behind it. I disagree with some of the things they’re saying and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them.”
Trump Makes Major Campaign Announcement On His Abortion Policy
Trump says he does not endorse a national abortion ban
Trump Says He Won’t Sign Nationwide Abortion Ban
EPA Chief of Staff Says Trump Had Nothing to Do with Project 2025
"Bodily Autonomy"
Republicans are terrible at messaging, so it's no wonder so many women think that Republicans are bad for bodily autonomy. It's actually the opposite.
Scott Adams offers a good framing of it, [from episode 2636 CWDA 10/22/24 @27:15]. It's very straightforward.
Republicans are better for bodily autonomy:
• Trump took the decision out of the Supreme Court that is mostly men
• Trump took the decision out of the presidency where it was a man at the time
• Trump moved the decision to the states where 55% of voters are women
That's moving bodily autonomy toward the direction of women deciding while taking men largely out of the mix, since 55% of the electorate in the US is women, and 45% are men. 10% is a substantial difference. Plus the male vote is split anyway.
Therefore, bodily autonomy is now squarely 100% a decision of women collectively!
Republicans are terrible at messaging, so it's no wonder so many women think that Republicans are bad for bodily autonomy. It's actually the opposite.
Scott Adams offers a good framing of it, [from episode 2636 CWDA 10/22/24 @27:15]. It's very straightforward.
Republicans are better for bodily autonomy:
• Trump took the decision out of the Supreme Court that is mostly men
• Trump took the decision out of the presidency where it was a man at the time
• Trump moved the decision to the states where 55% of voters are women
That's moving bodily autonomy toward the direction of women deciding while taking men largely out of the mix, since 55% of the electorate in the US is women, and 45% are men. 10% is a substantial difference. Plus the male vote is split anyway.
Therefore, bodily autonomy is now squarely 100% a decision of women collectively!