A nationwide ban on abortions after 16 weeks of pregnancy — which Donald Trump is considering backing, according to a New York Times report — would prevent very few abortions in the United States. Trump, the front-runner to be the Republican presidential nominee, has not publicly spoken about the proposal. It would most likely keep in place more restrictive bans in the nearly half of states that have them, but would be a change for states where abortion remains largely unrestricted. Sign up for