GOP presidential candidate Haley calls for 'national consensus' on abortion post-Roe

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday called for a "national consensus" on abortion at the federal level after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, pushing the issue to the states.

"I want to save as many babies and help as many moms as possible," Haley said in a speech to the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. "That is my goal. To do that at the federal level, the next president must find national consensus."

The conservative majority of the Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that for decade had provided abortion right to women.  

"Let's fund a consensus that allows us to save as many babies as we can while supporting women in difficult situations," Haley, a former-United Nations ambassador under the Trump administration, also said.

Haley also pointed to her record as South Carolina governor and state legislator, where she said she found consensus between Republicans and Democrats when both sides agreed to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol. 

"We have to face this reality," she said. "The pro-life laws that have passed in strongly Republican states will not be approved at the federal level. That’s just a fact notwithstanding what the Democrat fear-mongers say."

Her speech comes after the anti-abortion group criticized former President Donald Trump last week after his campaign spokesperson said: "Trump believes that the Supreme Court ... got it right when they ruled this is an issue that should be decided at the state level."

Pro-Life America said Trump's position is "morally indefensible."

Madeleine Hubbard is an international correspondent for Just the News. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram.