The bill would ban abortion at 6 weeks of pregnancy, before many people even know they are pregnant. Current Florida law bans abortion at 15 weeks, with exceptions for the mother's life and for fetuses with fatal abnormalities, but not for rape or incest.
A spokesperson for DeSantis did not respond to additional questions from NBC News about the governor's stance. But in comments to reporters following the speech, the governor said:"I mean, I think those exceptions are sensible.
Like I said, we welcome pro-life legislation." The bill, like most conservative proposals that will be working their way through the Legislature in the current session, is unlikely to face any meaningful resistance, since Republicans enjoy a supermajority across both chambers in Tallahassee. The issue, however, wasn’t helpful for Republicans nationally in the 2022 midterms. Democrats kept the U.S. Senate and fended off a red wave in the House in part by focusing heavily on Republican plans to further crack down on abortion rights. In a statement Tuesday, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison quickly tied the ban to DeSantis. "Time and time again, Ron DeSantis has made it clear he will do anything in his race for the MAGA base, even if it means pushing for one of the strictest abortion bans in the country," he said."For DeSantis and MAGA Republicans, last year’s extreme ban isn’t enough — they’re hellbent on going even further."kicked off , with a focus on targeting transgender people, expanding gun rights and further restricting diversity efforts at public universities — all measures that shed light on the direction of a prospective DeSantis presidential bid. DeSantis has made his policy accomplishments in Florida central to his national pitch as he seeks to raise his profile. His, for example, frequently trumpets his accomplishments in Florida as models for national policy. One chapter is even called “Make America Florida,” and he writes that “the Florida blueprint” is a “blueprint for America’s revival.” In his speech Tuesday, DeSantis focused prominently on his lean in to culture war issues related to education and transgender people.He added that “our children are not Guinea pigs for science experimentation,” and “we cannot allow people to make money off mutilating them.” The speech, however, was thin on details regarding specific bills he wanted ushered through the Legislature in the current session on those topics, even though many have already been introduced. For example, a pair of corresponding bills in the state
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