PolitiFact fact-check: Does Val Demings support abortion to the point of birth, as Marco Rubio has suggested multiple times?
Christian Slater, a Demings campaign spokesperson, told PolitiFact that Rubio is"desperately lying" and that Demings would"fight to make Roe v. Wade law and protect women's constitutional freedoms." hosted by Ruth's List Florida, a group that says it supports"pro-choice" women running for office, Demings detailed her view on abortion access:"I support abortions up until the point of viability or when it threatens the health of the woman, the mother.
Rubio's Communications Director Elizabeth Gregory told PolitiFact that Demings"voted for abortion up until the moment of birth" when she supported the Gregory's comment mischaracterizes the scope of the legislation. It did not explicitly require states to keep abortion legal in all cases past the point of fetal viability.
The legislation said governments may not prohibit abortion services before fetal viability. It also said abortions after fetal viability are allowed if a provider determines the pregnancy risks the woman's life or health. Maxwell Mehlman, a law professor and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, told PolitiFact in August that physicians already have a legal responsibility to intervene when a patient's life is threatened.
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