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In a new interview with Time magazine, Donald Trump gives away the game. If he is re-elected president, he'd be just fine with anti-choice crackdowns in red states going to extraordinary and horrific

extremes.

Trump said in the interview that he'll leave abortion to the states, which is one of his

favorite talking points, but when pressed he suggested he'd be just fine

with prosecutions of women who get abortions and even with states monitoring their

pregnancies. In addition to revealing what a Trump presidency would really entail, this also could give Democrats a big boost in this fall state-level elections because it ups the stakes around the question of which party controls state legislatures and

governorships. Here to discuss this today is Eva Birch, a state senator in

Arizona where reproductive rights are very much on the ballot and the state legislature is up for grabs.

Welcome, Senator.

Thank you so much for having me.

Let's start with what Trump said to Time magazine.

In the new interview, Trump kept dodging on whether he'd sign a

national abortion ban, which of course the anti-choice movement very much wants

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