By pushing a very unpopular near-total abortion ban to please national right-wing activists, DeSantis might have invited a dangerous backlash at home.
, no one expects it to stand in the way of the new laws, but for the moment, neither has been enforced.
Anti-abortion activists and their Republican allies will naturally move heaven and earth to keep the pro-choice initiative off the 2024 ballot. But denying his own state’s voters a say over abortion policy is not a particularly good look for presidential candidate DeSantis, particularly if he makes it to a general election. And even if he somehow keeps his distance from the in-state effort to impose a near-total abortion ban on his people, it will keep the topic alive on the campaign trail.
No matter what happens to the Florida ballot initiative, Democrats will ensure that abortion is a big issue everywhere . But if Florida’s abortion-rights effort catches fire and looks likely to succeed, it will be a constant irritant to DeSantis and other Republicans in a state where voters likely didn’t think confirming their power in 2022 meant the abolition of reproductive rights.
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