{"id":1028995,"date":"2023-12-19T21:22:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1028995"},"modified":"2024-05-16T18:11:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:11:15","slug":"haley-and-desantis-desperate-to-out-maga-each-other-with-extreme-anti-abortion-agendas-as-iowa-caucus-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/haley-and-desantis-desperate-to-out-maga-each-other-with-extreme-anti-abortion-agendas-as-iowa-caucus-nears\/","title":{"rendered":"Haley and DeSantis Desperate to Out-MAGA Each Other With Extreme Anti-Abortion Agendas as Iowa Caucus Nears"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ahead of Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis campaigning in Iowa this week, DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cNikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are desperately trying to out-MAGA each other with their support for a nationwide abortion ban and cruel abortion bans across the country, including the extreme ban passed by Iowa Republicans earlier this year that was made possible by Donald Trump\u2019s crusade to overturn Roe v. Wade. While Haley and DeSantis brag about their far-right records, women across the country are forced to bear the consequences of the extreme abortion bans they tout. Voters will hold them accountable for their unpopular agenda, and Republicans up and down the ballot will pay the price come November.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Haley recently pledged her support for extreme abortion bans before many women know they\u2019re pregnant and has said she would sign any national abortion ban that landed on her desk.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New York Times<\/a>: \u201cNikki Haley<\/strong> Says She Would Have Signed Six-Week Abortion Ban as Governor\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Vander Plaats<\/a>: \u201cIf you were governor of South Carolina and that came to your desk, would you sign the heartbeat bill?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/strong>: \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirsten Welker<\/a>: \u201cWould you support a 15-week federal limit?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/strong>: \u201cI would support anything that would pass.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u201cWhatever we can get 60 Senate votes on, isn\u2019t that better than what we have now? And if it\u2019s\u2013 if it\u2019s six weeks, that\u2019s great. If it\u2019s 15 weeks, that\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u201cSo what can we do? Is there room for a federal law? I think there is room for a federal law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cNikki Haley<\/strong>, 2024 Republican candidate, vows to sign federal abortion ban if elected president\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u201cYes of course I would sign [a federal ban].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cNikki Haley<\/strong> Says She ‘Absolutely’ Would Sign 15-Week Abortion Ban If GOP Had The Votes\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u201cWhen it comes to a federal bill, I think there is a place for that.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis has also made clear he would sign a national abortion ban.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New York Times<\/a>: \u201cDeSantis<\/strong> 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<\/strong> said he would sign a federal 15-week abortion ban.\u201d<\/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?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis<\/strong>: \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<\/strong>: \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 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<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

When asked about the Texas Supreme Court blocking Kate Cox from getting an emergency abortion, Haley and DeSantis have touted their anti-abortion agendas \u2013 and DeSantis has avoided mentioning that Cox might not be allowed to receive an emergency abortion under Florida\u2019s laws.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jonathan Karl<\/a>: \u201cDo you think the Supreme Court in Texas made the wrong decision \u2026 Can you give a direct answer now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley: <\/strong>\u201cI mean the Supreme Court said that the law that the state put was the one they had to follow, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBS News<\/a>: \u201cAsked about the case of Kate Cox, a Texas woman who sought an abortion when her health deteriorated as she carried a fetus with a fatal condition, DeSantis<\/strong> was vague. He said \u2018these are very difficult issues\u2019 and pointed to the Florida law’s exceptions allowing abortions when the mother’s life is in danger, though in Cox’s case, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that her pregnancy complications did not constitute the kind of medical emergency under which abortions are allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary Fineout, Politico<\/a>: \u201cThe 6-week ban has not yet taken effect. Fla’s current 15-week ban does not include an exception for rape and incest. DeSantis<\/strong> signed that measure into law as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Messenger<\/a>: \u201cWhen DeSantis<\/strong> was asked about Kate Cox, a Texas woman who just lost a battle with her state’s court system where she sought an abortion after learning her fetus had a fatal condition, the Florida governor said \u2018these are very difficult issues.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDeSantis<\/strong> pointed to Florida’s abortion laws, which he helped institute, banning the procedure at 6-weeks. The Sunshine State also has exceptions to the law when the mother’s life is in danger, however, Cox was denied in Texas because the court deemed she did not meet the state’s exception requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida Politics<\/a>: \u201cDeSantis<\/strong>, however, has signed two laws that make it even more difficult than it is in Texas to get a medical exception to Florida\u2019s abortion bans.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Haley and DeSantis both have extreme anti-abortion records that include signing cruel abortion bans. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Politico<\/a>: \u201cHaley<\/strong>, who \u2018often clashed with members of her party because she labeled them insufficiently conservative\u2019 on abortion,<\/p>\n\n\n\n