Former President Donald J. Trump dodged a question about whether he backed restrictions on birth control in an interview on Tuesday, but suggested he might support letting states enact them.
When asked if he supported “restrictions on a person’s right to contraception” in an interview with KDKA, a CBS affiliate in Pittsburgh, Mr. Trump gave a vague answer.
“We’re looking at that, and I’m going to have a policy on that very shortly,” he said. “And I think it’s something that you’ll find interesting, and it’s another issue that’s very interesting, but you will find it, I think, very smart. I think it’s a smart decision.”
The interviewer, Jon Delano, pressed Mr. Trump on whether his answer suggested he might support restrictions.
“You know, things really do have a lot to do with the states, and some states are going to have different policy than others,” Mr. Trump responded.
But as the interview and the backlash to it rocketed around on Tuesday, Mr. Trump posted in all caps on social media that he would “never advocate imposing restrictions on birth control.” He called the reports based on his interview “a Democrat fabricated lie.”
