Republicans ought to think twice about path on abortion
By Monica Hesse / The Washington Post
It was the midnight of it all.
Last week, Repuublican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law prohibiting abortions after six weeks, a time at which — and it gets exhausting repeatedly pointing this out — many women do not even realize they are pregnant. He signed the bill late at night. He tweeted a photo of the signing at 11:04 p.m., when many potential onlookers would have already gone to bed. The next day, he gave a speech at Liberty University, and, according to news reports, he didn’t mention the bill at all.
Contrast this behavior to the celebration DeSantis launched last year when he codified a 15-week abortion ban for his state. That signing was held in the daylight hours, at a church, with fanfare. There were speakers and live media coverage. It was public and showy.
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But how it appears from the outside is that DeSantis, a man rumored to be gearing up for a 2024 presidential run, has doubts that this new law will make him look good to a national electorate. In which case, he’s wise to pass the six-week ban under the cover of night, because Americans want access to abortion. They support it overwhelmingly. And it turns out that many conservative lawmakers either do not understand or do not care about that.
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Pregnancy tissue at six weeks.
This does not have a heartbeat.
but has more rights than half of you.
The original Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/18/pregnancy-weeks-abortion-tissue
