President Trump's statement on abortion represents the constitutional and legal status before the Supreme Court nationalized the issue in Roe v. Wade.  It is what conservatives have been demanding for half a century -- that is, the reversal of Roe.  The constitutionalists on the Supreme Court are to be credited for what they did, and they came under enormous pressure and threats to change their ultimate decision.  If we are to now insist on a federal law to prevent all abortions (and I oppose abortion), it is strange indeed to expect that the radicals won't use federal law to impose Roe and beyond on the entire country.  After all, they control the federal Leviathan, we don't.  They can and will reverse anything a Republican Congress and presidency might do.  Furthermore, litigation can ensue in state courts under state constitutions.  The action is now in the states.  This won't be resolved in Washington and never could be, whether by the Court or the Congress.  Nor will it be resolved in this post