Donald Trump Could ‘Eliminate’ Access to Abortion Without CongressAcademic [Video]

President-elect Donald Trump could take actions to “eliminate” access to abortion without the approval of Congress, a constitutional law scholar has said.

On Monday’s episode of Stay Tuned With Preet, Kate Shaw, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School, outlined ways the second Trump administration could further an anti-abortion agenda even without the approval of lawmakers.

During his campaign, Trump said abortion was a state issue and that he would not sign a national abortion ban if it came across his desk.

On the podcast, Shaw described those comments as “opportunistic statements” made ahead of the election “because it was pretty clear that a federal abortion ban would be very unpopular.”

“I think everyone should take with a grain of salt those kinds of pledges,” she added.

Shaw said that while Republicans won control of the Senatein Tuesday’s election, they do have not a filibuster-proof majority, which would …