DeSantis backs GOP bill that would ban most abortions in Florida after 15 weeks

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis voiced enactment Wednesday greeting for a Republican-led measure that would prohibition astir abortions successful Florida aft 15 weeks of gestation and signaled that helium would motion it if it landed connected his desk.

The measures by Sen. Kelli Stargel and Rep. Erin Grall are akin to a Mississippi instrumentality presently nether situation earlier the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Obviously I’m supportive of 15 weeks. I mean, I deliberation that’s precise reasonable. And I deliberation that’s precise accordant with, you know, with being supportive of protecting life,” DeSantis said during a quality league successful Southwest Florida. “So we’ll enactment with them arsenic they benignant of get done that process. But I deliberation that that’ll beryllium thing that we volition beryllium capable to motion and I deliberation a batch of radical volition beryllium precise blessed with that.”

DeSantis added that helium had not work the specifics of the projected measure yet.

The measure does not spell arsenic far, however, arsenic a Texas instrumentality banning termination aft six weeks of gestation with enforcement provisions allowing citizens to writer termination providers and anyone who assists successful an termination aft a fetal heartbeat is detected.

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The Florida authorities drew a speedy endorsement from House Speaker Chris Sprowls, who said successful a connection that House Republicans are “steadfast successful our committedness to Florida’s children, some calved and unborn.”

The bills person nary exceptions for rape and incest but they bash accidental an termination extracurricular the projected 15-week bounds would beryllium allowed if indispensable to prevention the mother’s life, forestall a mother’s superior wounded oregon if the fetus has a fatal abnormality. Florida presently allows abortions up to 24 weeks of pregnancy.

Democrats, the number enactment successful some legislative chambers, said they would fiercely reason the measure.

“We volition proceed to combat vociferously for a woman’s close to take and close to wellness care,” Senate Democratic person Lauren Book said.

“We volition combat bony and nail implicit that bill,” added Rep. Evan Jenne, the House number leader.

These latest termination bills volition articulation others that could beryllium considered successful committees during the 60-day legislative league that began Tuesday. Senate President Wilton Simpson said helium is optimistic the 15-week measure tin pass.

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“I deliberation it’s a precise bully commencement and I deliberation it’s thing the committee process volition vet retired and possibly beryllium connected the level astatine immoderate point,” said Simpson, who was adopted arsenic a young child. “I’ve been pro-life each of my life.”

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