During Wednesday’s debate, Ron DeSantis made clear, yet again, that he would sign a national abortion ban. DeSantis is an anti-choice extremist who has spent his career pushing to rip away women\u2019s freedoms \u2014 including signing one of the strictest abortion bans in the country as governor of Florida \u2014 so it comes as no surprise that he wants to take his extreme anti-abortion agenda nationwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During Wednesday\u2019s debate, DeSantis said he would sign a national abortion ban.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n New York Times<\/a>: \u201cDeSantis Says He Would Sign a 15-Week Abortion Ban as President\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABC News<\/a>: \u201cIn an easily missed moment during Wednesday night\u2019s chaotic GOP presidential primary debate, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would sign a federal 15-week abortion ban.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n DeSantis has repeatedly said he would support federal abortion restrictions as president. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Radio Iowa<\/a>: \u201cOn Saturday at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition event, you said as president, you would support abortion restrictions at the state and the federal level. Would you sign the nationwide 15-week ban that the Faith and Freedom Coalition supports? <\/p>\n\n\n\n DeSantis: \u201cSo I’ve said from the beginning of this, as president, you put pro-life legislation on my desk, I’m going to look favorably and support the legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n DeSantis<\/a>: \u201cAs president, I\u2019m going to welcome pro-life policies across the board at both [state and federal] levels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tucker Carlson<\/a>: \u201cYou signed a ban on abortion after six weeks in Florida. Would you do the same as president, nationally?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n DeSantis: \u201cWell, I’m very proud to say Kim Reynolds is here and she signed a great heartbeat bill today. We were able to do that in Florida. We had a lot of opposition to that. I’m proud to have been a pro-life governor and I will be a pro life-president, so of course I want to sign pro-life legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n DeSantis<\/a>: \u201cDobbs<\/em> returned the issue to the elected representatives of the people. And so I think that there\u2019s a role for both the federal and the states.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n DeSantis<\/a>: \u201cI’m a pro-life governor. I’ve signed pro-life legislation. I’ll be a pro-life president. \u2026 Of course, there’ll be executive actions.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n DeSantis in April signed an extreme law banning abortion in Florida before many women even know they\u2019re pregnant \u2014 one of the most restrictive in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n NBC News<\/a>: \u201cRon DeSantis quietly signs Florida’s 6-week abortion ban into law\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tampa Bay Times<\/a>: \u201cLate Thursday night, in a private ceremony in his office, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill to ban most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. \u2026 His office announced the signing in a highly unusual news release sent out after 11 p.m., then updated his schedule to say the ceremony happened at 10:45 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n DeSantis also signed into law a different abortion ban \u2014 with no exceptions for rape or incest \u2014 last year that has created a horrifying reality for women in Florida.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Orlando Weekly<\/a>: \u201cMiddle school-aged incest victim was turned away from Florida abortion clinics under 15-week ban\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTwo friends were denied care after Florida banned abortion. One almost died.\u201d During Wednesday’s debate, Ron DeSantis made clear, yet again, that he would sign a national abortion ban. DeSantis is an anti-choice extremist who has spent his career pushing to rip away women\u2019s freedoms \u2014 including signing one of the strictest abortion bans in the country as governor of Florida \u2014 so it comes as no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1025954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
CNN<\/a>: \u201cFlorida law allows abortions after 15 weeks if two doctors confirm the diagnosis of a fatal fetal abnormality in writing, but doctors in Florida and states with similar laws have been hesitant to terminate such pregnancies for fear someone will question whether the abnormality was truly fatal. The penalties for violating the law are severe: Doctors can go to prison and face heavy fines and legal fees.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"