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BumRushDaShow

(171,753 posts)
Fri May 8, 2026, 09:29 AM 17 hrs ago

White House hosts anti-abortion activists for meeting

Source: Yahoo! News/Semafor

Fri, May 8, 2026 at 5:07 AM EDT


The White House is expected to hold a staff level meeting on Friday with anti-abortion activists, including Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser.

The sitdown comes as Trump faces growing criticism from many anti-abortion activists over his priorities in his second term.

They’ve been particularly frustrated with some of Trump’s top appointees’ failure to curtail access to abortion pills; Dannenfelser told The Wall Street Journal earlier this week that “Trump is the problem.”

Dannenfelser declined to confirm or deny the upcoming meeting.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-hosts-anti-abortion-090723505.html

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White House hosts anti-abortion activists for meeting (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago OP
My spidey sense leads me to believe... Hugin 17 hrs ago #1
Well if the victim's statements are true. He helps dispose of those nasty unwanted infants. travelingthrulife 16 hrs ago #2
This will mobilize pro choice voters DemocracyForever 15 hrs ago #3
I would ask--how many abortions has trump paid for, Bayard 14 hrs ago #4
NOT ONE of the bluestarone 10 hrs ago #5

Hugin

(37,961 posts)
1. My spidey sense leads me to believe...
Fri May 8, 2026, 10:13 AM
17 hrs ago

That this turn of events is somehow transactional payoff to the Ginny Thomas SCrOTUS for gutting the VRA.

The Epstein files have exposed how ambivalent the weak sauce Orban is on abortion. He may even be a fan.

travelingthrulife

(5,501 posts)
2. Well if the victim's statements are true. He helps dispose of those nasty unwanted infants.
Fri May 8, 2026, 10:42 AM
16 hrs ago

Bayard

(30,150 posts)
4. I would ask--how many abortions has trump paid for,
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:34 PM
14 hrs ago

But I'm sure he's always left women/girls in the lurch.

bluestarone

(22,420 posts)
5. NOT ONE of the
Fri May 8, 2026, 04:30 PM
10 hrs ago

MANY that he caused!! Getting to feel like BLOOD CLOTS are our only hope.

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