20-Week Abortion Ban ‘Not Realistic’ at Federal Level, Nikki Haley Says

20-Week Abortion Ban ‘Not Realistic’ at Federal Level, Nikki Haley Says
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event in the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., on Feb. 17, 2023. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
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Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said the unrealistic idea that a Republican president could unilaterally enact a federal ban on abortion is being exaggerated by the media to “divide people further.”

Speaking in an interview with CBS News, Haley was asked about an abortion law she signed as governor in 2016, under which abortion is illegal after 20 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions if a mother’s life is in danger or the unborn baby cannot survive.