Trump is reportedly telling his aides his record on abortion could hurt his 2024 chances

Donald Trump has told allies that overturning Roe v Wade could cost him politically, per a report by Rolling Stone.

Citing sources familiar with the matter, Rolling Stone reported that Trump has been telling allies that the issue of abortion could turn “suburban women” against him.

“Suburban women have been a recurring concern for [former] President Trump, including during the 2020 campaign, when his smarter advisers were sounding the alarm to him about how he was losing suburbs,” a source said, per Rolling Stone. “He is worried women in the suburbs could punish him for this one day, [too].”

Trump has reportedly been telling allies that suburban women don’t like hearing about the issue as they are usually pro-choice.

He has told several associates that his enemies could “use it against him” in 2024 if he went too hard now on pushing for the overturning of Roe v Wade, the media outlet said.

“Suburban women – some who voted for me – they don’t like it when we talk about it,” Trump reportedly said at a small gathering this month, a source told Rolling Stone.

Trump once described himself as pro-choice. Speaking to NBC in 1999, he declared: “I’m very pro-choice.”

Pastor Robert Jeffress told Rolling Stone about a moment during Trump’s presidency where he made comments that reflect his current views.

“It was a conversation toward the end of his presidency; we were at the White House … right after the [2020 Republican] convention, maybe the day after his speech,” Jeffress recounted. “What I remember about our conversation is that, yes, President Trump said he was certainly very pro-life … which he said was a result of a conversation he had with a couple he was friends with and they decided to keep [their] baby instead of aborting the baby; and he said that that affected him deeply.”

However, the pastor added, Trump also mentioned that “he understood there are a lot of Americans who say they have nuanced opinions on the subject.