Trump says abortion should be left to the states in highly-anticipated announcement: Ex-president says there should be exceptions for rape and incest but does NOT specify a week limit

Donald Trump said abortion policy should be let up to the states as he finally revealed his stance on the highly controversial issue after teasing it for months.

The former president didn't specify a time frame in which he would support or not support abortion in the video of his highly-anticipated announcement posted on Truth Social.

Trump celebrated the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in June 2022, which has caused two years of debate over how abortion should be handled now at the state and federal levels.

The 77-year-old also said in the four-and-a-half minute video that he believed in exceptions for a right to terminate a pregnancy in the case of rape, incest and to save the life of the mother.

'We have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land,' Trump said in the video.

He also accused Democrats of believing in 'executing the baby after birth'.

Previously, Trump has suggested he would support a 15-week federal-level ban on abortion.

Speaking last month on radio show Sid & Friends in the Morning Trump confirmed some reports that he was considering proposing policies that would implement a federal ban that would allow abortion through the first trimester.

'The number of weeks, now, people are agreeing on 15, and I'm thinking in terms of that, and it'll come out to something that's very reasonable,' Trump said in the interview.

'But people are really — even hard-liners are agreeing, seems to be 15 weeks, seems to be a number that people are agreeing at. But I'll make that announcement at the appropriate time.'

Now, Trump dodged by throwing the issue to the states.

In the video, Trump touched on in vitro fertilization (IVF) and expressed his support for the alternate conception method.

IVF has been at the forefront after courts in Alabama determined a fertilized egg is a life and sparked concern over the future of the procedure for couples with difficulties conceiving.

'The Republican Party should always be on the side of the miracle of life and the side of mothers, fathers, and their beautiful babies,' Trump said. 'IVF is an important part of that and our great Republican Party will always be with you in your quest for the ultimate joy in life.'