Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stayed quiet about abortion rights during reelection, but now he’s pivoting right on abortion, pushing an abortion ban in Florida and laying the groundwork for the presidential primary.
ostensibly gathered to discuss budget proposals for the upcoming fiscal year.
DeSantis’s shift rightward on abortion comes as GOP legislatures in several states that have relatively permissive abortion laws on the books seek to ramp up restrictions on reproductive health. In, anti-abortion activists are pushing for bans after six weeks of pregnancy — which would bring the states into line with the hardline anti-abortion laws of GOP-led states in the rest of the South, Midwest and mountain West.
What makes the move in Florida particularly insidious is that the state has long been viewed as a southern outlier on abortion. Polling shows widespread, cross-party support for keeping abortion legal., estimated that 56 percent wanted abortion kept legal in all or most circumstances. Even among evangelical Protestants in the state, support for abortion was at 36 percent; among Catholics it stood at 50 percent; and among mainline Protestants, it was 67 percent.
Since then, support for abortion amongst Floridians has increased. Last year, just before the Supreme Court overturnedin most or all cases; and only 12 percent of voters supported a complete ban on the procedure.
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