{"id":1932041,"date":"2023-05-16T21:56:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T01:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-hits-back-after-trump-suggests-floridas-6-week-abortion-ban-is-too-harsh\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T21:59:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T01:59:42","slug":"desantis-hits-back-after-trump-suggests-floridas-6-week-abortion-ban-is-too-harsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-hits-back-after-trump-suggests-floridas-6-week-abortion-ban-is-too-harsh\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis defends Florida&#8217;s 6-week abortion ban against Trump&#8217;s criticism."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-hits-back-after-trump-suggests-floridas-6-week-abortion-ban-is-too-harsh%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1932041&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Fires Back at Trump Over Abortion Ban Criticism<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump recently criticized Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for signing a six-week abortion ban into law, calling it too strict. However, DeSantis hit back at Trump, pointing out his reluctance to articulate a specific policy position on abortion and the right to life.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting the Unborn<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis defended his decision to sign the Heartbeat Protection Act, stating that &#8220;protecting an unborn child when there&#8217;s a detectable heartbeat is something that probably 99% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-the-own-you-think-it-is-democrat-introduces-bill-to-stick-it-to-pro-lifers-it-backfires-bigly-and-he-apologizes\/\" title=\"\u2018Not The Own You Think It Is\u2019: Democrat Introduces Bill To Stick It To Pro-Lifers. It Backfires Bigly And He Apologizes.\">pro-lifers support<\/a>.&#8221; He also mentioned that other states, like Iowa under Governor Kim Reynolds, have enacted similar laws.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s comment drew backlash from pro-life groups, with Noah Brandt, vice president of communications at Live Action, saying that &#8220;it is sad and disappointing to see a candidate attack the people of Florida for protecting pre-born Floridians with a detectable heartbeat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Abortion in the GOP<\/h3>\n<p>Abortion has become a more complicated discussion in the GOP after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pro-lifers-think-desantis-6-week-abortion-ban-too-harsh\/\" title=\"Trump: Pro-life supporters find DeSantis' 6-week abortion ban too severe.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-has-killed-her-hundreds-of-thousands-but-abortion-has-killed-her-tens-of-millions\/\" title=\"COVID Has Killed Her Hundreds of Thousands, But Abortion Has Killed Her Tens of Millions\">pro-life movement<\/a> suffered<\/a> a string of defeats in 2022 in states such as Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, and Montana as pro-life leaders and politicians try to tease out the popular limits on their positions.<\/p>\n<p>Republican voters tend to favor more restrictions on abortion, with an April Marist poll finding that 32% of Republican voters support banning abortion with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. Another 28% of Republicans favor even stricter laws.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, on the other hand, are far more permissive, with nearly four in ten supporting abortion at any time during a pregnancy.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Contribution to the Pro-Life Movement<\/h3>\n<p>Trump touted his own contribution to the pro-life movement, stating that &#8220;for 50 years, they&#8217;ve been trying to get rid of Roe v. Wade. I was able to do it. Nobody else could have done that but me. And I was able to do it [by nominating] three excellent judges on the Justices of the Supreme Court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis is widely seen as Trump&#8217;s chief adversary in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, and the abortion debate is likely to play a significant role in the upcoming election.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>While the abortion debate continues to divide the country, it is clear that both sides are passionate about protecting the unborn. As the 2024 election approaches, it will be interesting to see how the candidates navigate this complex issue and appeal to their respective bases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis responded to criticism from former President Donald Trump regarding his decision to sign a six-week abortion ban into law. Trump&#8217;s comments were published in The Messenger on Monday, but DeSantis hit back on Tuesday, stating that he stands by his decision. Trump had suggested that some within the pro-life movement were unhappy with the move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":1932042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[19214,4310,7008,7375,4549,4980,9996,3794],"class_list":["post-1932041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-6-week","tag-abortion","tag-ban","tag-criticism","tag-defends","tag-desantis","tag-floridas","tag-trumps"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1932041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1932042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1932041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1932041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1932041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}