Donald Trump says babies can be killed after birth in Arizona rally

Former President Donald Trump in his first rally of 2022, in Florence, Arizona on Saturday, made multiple comments on the Democratic Party’s stances on transgender people and abortion. The Republican leader also went on to say that babies can be killed after birth. 

Trump also called for a ban on transgender athletes. 

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“We’re done taking lectures on science from a party that tells us men and women, women are men, and the babies… and this is a fact, the babies can be killed even after birth,” Trump said.

He further referred to then-Virginia governor Ralph Northam’s 2019 interview where the Democrat allegedly promoted infanticide. 

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Northam had spoken about cases where a fetus might be nonviable, or severely deformed, and what might happen after birth. However, later his spokesperson clarified the “governor had ‘absolutely not’ been referring to the euthanasia of infants born after a failed abortion.”

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“They used to talk late-term, now they’re talking about… just go check out your governor of Virginia, your former governor of Virginia, and it’s all just fine with them, babies can be killed after birth,” Trump said.

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Abortion has been a major issue to voters in the US, where a majority of Republican state legislators have openly endorsed the restrictive abortion laws.

Trump also promised to “ban men from participating in women’s sports.” His administration had banned transgender service members from joining US military, which President Biden overturned.