Gray Rohrer
Gov. Ron DeSantis welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Friday overturning Roe v. Wade, which had enshrined a right to an abortion, by declaring that “prayers of millions have been answered.”
“For nearly fifty years, the U.S. Supreme Court has prohibited virtually any meaningful pro-life protection, but this was not grounded in the text, history or structure of the Constitution,” DeSantis posted on Twitter. “By properly interpreting the Constitution, the Dobbs majority has restored the people’s role in our republic and a sense of hope that every life counts.”
What the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will mean for Florida’s abortion laws in the coming weeks, months and years remains uncertain.
Florida lawmakers passed a bill earlier this year banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That law is set to take effect July 1, but there is a lower court hearing scheduled for Monday for a judge to consider arguments from abortion rights groups asking for an injunction against the law.
DeSantis said the state will defend that law in court and he will push for more abortion restrictions, but he didn’t say whether he would push for a complete ban on abortion, as 13 other states have in place. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt issued an opinion hours after the Dobbs decision was made public declaring that his state’s “trigger law” banning abortion would take effect immediately.
“Florida will continue to defend its recently enacted pro-life reforms against state court challenges, will work to expand pro-life protections, and will stand for life by promoting adoption, foster care and child welfare,” DeSantis added.
3 comments
rosa
June 25, 2022 at 7:48 am
What about the separation of church and State, Rona? In my world view, an unborn fetus is NOT a human being. Throughout human history, abortion or even the abandonment or killing of infants was a common practice as a necessity means of conservation of scarce resources and population control. Only in more modern times did some religions condemn the practice. So, before a live baby is actually born, that potential human being is part of the pregnant female’s body and she has an absolute right to make her own medical decisions, including the right to an abortion. Otherwise, she is relegated to being a mere service animal to satisfy the religious beliefs of the rulers of the State. To pretend that there is some absolute morality that precludes a woman from controlling her own body is absurd. To force a rape victim to bear the rapist’s child is essentially a life sentence without parole making for an even greater and long lasting victimization. Rona, keep your stupid religious beliefs out of our personal freedoms and STFU!
Smiley Cheeks
June 26, 2022 at 12:57 pm
Most people believe that the fetus/embryo growing inside a woman is just a “ball of cells”. It is for the first week. Further along in the pregnancy the fetus/ embryo will begin to breathe, excrete wastes, have a heart rate, move around in the amniotic fluid. I’m not prolife i am still figuring out where I am on the prochoice prolife spectrum.
marylou
June 26, 2022 at 7:59 pm
Prayers? This is so wRONg !
The deranged dictator wanna–be clearly swore an oath to his cult, not to the Constitution.
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