Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed a strict abortion ban into law Thursday evening, laying a marker down on a divisive issue ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
DeSantis had signed a more moderate 15-week ban into law last year but then went further with a bill barring most abortions after just six weeks of pregnancy thanks to a Republican supermajority in the state legislature. The move puts him at odds with both President Joe Biden and, to a lesser extent, former President Donald Trump."Signed the Heartbeat Protection Act," DeSantis tweeted,"which expands pro-life protections and devotes resources to help young mothers and families.
Forging an alliance with the religious Right helped Trump win the presidency in 2016, and he delivered with three conservative Supreme Court justices that shifted the balance of the court and made abortion a state-by-state issue again. But Trump prefers to leave the issue to the states, which has harmed his status with social conservatives.
DeSantis might be able to capitalize on this difference in the GOP primary, where he's been losing ground to Trump in recent polls."I happen to think that the abortion issue is going to blow up on our face if we don’t handle it correctly and that Trump is in a far better position politically than either DeSantis or [former Vice President Mike] Pence," Republican strategist John Feehery said."Sen.
“We never actually have a conversation about the most radical position in this country are the people in the progressive party who believe that having an abortion on the 39th and 40th week, on the date of birth, is permissible," he added."So I think we should continue to have that conversation."
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