House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York said Florida has become a new battleground in the battle over abortion rights after the state Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday cleared the way for a six-week abortion ban. Ta.
The court upheld the state’s 15-week abortion ban and invoked a previously passed six-week abortion ban that would go into effect May 1. The change comes after the court also approved a ballot measure in November that would have given abortion rights up to about age 24. several weeks.
“Florida is now ground zero in the fight to protect women’s freedom to make their own reproductive health care decisions,” Jeffries said Tuesday at the House Democratic Leadership Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Ta.
“Extreme groups in this state, led by the current governor, are prepared to do almost anything to force their radical right-wing ideology down the throats of the state’s citizens as part of an effort to force abortion nationwide. “It’s prohibited,” he continued. “But we can stop them. We have to stop them, and together we will stop them.”
The Biden campaign redoubles its efforts in Florida following Monday’s ruling, arguing the voting bill could boost turnout and put the state at risk despite recent Republican victories. He said he would.
Similar voting measures have been successful in recent years in traditional Republican strongholds such as Kansas, Kentucky and Ohio. The abortion issue has been a driving force in the Democratic Party since the Supreme Court overturned federal protections for the procedure in 2022.
Biden condemned the court’s decision on abortion on Tuesday.
“Yesterday’s extreme decision will further push desperately needed health care out of reach for millions of women in Florida and across the South,” Biden said in a statement.
“The court not only upheld Florida’s current ban on women making their own reproductive choices, but also Governor DeSantis’ even more extreme ban on women from receiving care before they know they are pregnant. “There is a high possibility that the government will invoke new laws,” he continued. “That’s outrageous.”
Biden camp too The ad was released on Tuesday. In response to this decision, we focused in particular on former President Trump’s comments praising his work in ending Roe v. Wade by appointing three conservative Supreme Court justices.
“Donald Trump doesn’t trust women. ‘I do,'” Biden says in the ad. The ads will air on national cable, local and cable television in battleground states, as well as during shows such as “Saturday Night Live,” “The Voice” and “American Idol.”
Florida has become a hotspot for abortions in the South despite the 15-week ban, as neighboring states have imposed even stricter restrictions. The number of abortions performed in Florida in the first half of 2023 increased by nearly 5,000 from the same period last year, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
Virginia is currently the only state in the South that allows abortions beyond the first trimester.
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