{"id":2221885,"date":"2024-04-15T21:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T01:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-supports-15-week-state-abortion-limit-following-florida-court-ruling\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T21:53:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T01:53:23","slug":"rick-scott-supports-15-week-state-abortion-limit-following-florida-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-supports-15-week-state-abortion-limit-following-florida-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Scott backs 15-week abortion restriction after Florida court decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Frick-scott-supports-15-week-state-abortion-limit-following-florida-court-ruling%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=2221885&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--><p>Senator Rick Scott of\u2064 Florida, a Republican, has distanced himself\u2062 from a \u2064proposed six<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vogue-magazine-help-freezing-texans-by-paying-for-their-travel-to-get-an-abortion\/\" title=\"Vogue Magazine: Help Freezing Texans By Paying For Their Travel To Get An Abortion\">-week abortion ban<\/a> in Florida. Instead, he advocates for a 15-week limit\u2064 as\u200c he seeks reelection to the Senate. Scott, a former Florida\u200b governor, hinted at signing the six-week bill last year but \u200bnow aligns \u2063his stance with a 15-week consensus\u200d in the state. Senator Rick \u2063Scott of\u200b Florida, a Republican, shifts from supporting \u2062a \u2062six-week abortion ban to backing a 15-week \u200climit as\u2063 he\u2062 campaigns for Senate reelection. \u2063Previously \u200bopen to the six-week bill, Scott\u2064 now mirrors the 15-week consensus in Florida, diverging \u2062from his prior stance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rick-scott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rick Scott\">Rick Scott<\/a> (R-FL) is distancing himself from a six-week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion<\/a> ban set to go into effect in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Florida<\/a>, instead proposing a 15-week limit as he runs for a second term in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, who served as Florida\u2019s governor for eight years, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenRickScott\/status\/1646605608689324035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>indicated<\/a> last year that he would sign the six-week bill were he still leading the state. But he has followed in the steps of former President Donald Trump in recent days, taking a softer stance as Democrats seek to use the issue as a wedge in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019ve said is, I signed every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/48-senators-vow-to-oppose-any-legislation-that-funds-abortion\/\" title=\"48 Senators Vow To Oppose Any Legislation That Funds Abortion\">pro-life bill<\/a> that came to me as governor, if that\u2019s the bill that came to me, that\u2019s the bill that came to me,\u201d he told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Monday. \u201cBut the consensus in my state is 15 weeks. OK? And that\u2019s what we ought to \u2014 we ought to do that plus the exceptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A 15-week ban has been on the books in Florida since 2022, but the GOP-led legislature passed the more restrictive, six-week limit a year later. That law, which the Florida Supreme Court greenlighted on April 1 after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-rejects-trump-claim-of-presidential-authority-in-carroll-defamation-lawsuit\/\" title=\"DOJ denies Trump's authority claim in Carroll defamation case.\">monthslong legal battle<\/a>, is set to take effect in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Scott declined to comment on whether Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) had made a mistake in signing the law, seen as a way for him to attract evangelical support during his failed run for president last year.<\/p>\n<p>But Scott did count himself among a crop of Republicans rejecting calls for a federal ban. Trump, who cleared the way for <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> to be overturned with his appointment of three conservative justices to the Supreme Court, notably called for the issue to be left to the states last week after months of mixed signals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t support legislation up here. I support each state making their decision,\u201d Scott said. \u201cThat\u2019s very important to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Florida. (AP Photo\/Phelan M. Ebenhack)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Florida, despite its history as a swing state, has become reliably red in recent cycles. Today, Republicans have a voter registration advantage of roughly 800,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chair-condemns-biden-abortion-policy\/\" title=\"RNC chair condemns Biden abortion policy\">abortion access<\/a> as a winning issue that could prove decisive in the Senate race.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott\u2019s Democratic challenger, former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, trails the senator by 7 points in the latest Emerson poll on the race. But Scott could be facing a wave of Democratic enthusiasm after the state Supreme Court concurrently allowed a ballot measure in November that would, if approved, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-constitutional-crisis-that-roe-v-wade-set-in-motion-is-now-upon-us\/\" title=\"The Constitutional Crisis That Roe v. Wade Set In Motion Is Now Upon Us\">enshrine abortion access<\/a> in the state constitution.<\/p>\n<p>That ballot measure would allow abortion up until fetal viability, which is generally considered to be 24 weeks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) is stepping away from a six-week abortion ban in Florida and suggesting a 15-week limitation as he seeks reelection to the Senate. 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