Trump: Pro-Lifers Think DeSantis’ 6-week Abortion Ban ‘Too Harsh’ | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Tim Pearce.

    Former President Donald Trump took a roundabout shot at Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday over his six-week abortion ban, saying some pro-life activists think it's too strict.

    Though DeSantis has yet to officially announce, the Florida governor is widely seen as Trump's top adversary in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. The two likely competitors have traded barbs for months, working to distinguish themselves to Republican voters who will decide who faces a vulnerable President Joe Biden in the general election.

    "He has to do what he has to do," Trump told The Messenger when asked about Florida's new abortion law. "If you look at what DeSantis did, a lot of people don't even know if he knew what he was doing. But he signed six weeks, and many people within the pro-life movement feel that that was too harsh."

    Trump avoided taking a firm stand on policy beyond saying he is a "believer in the exceptions," listing off the life of the mother, rape, and incest. He did not say whether he thought a six-week abortion ban went too far.

    He was quick to tout his own bonafides on the issue, however.

    "For 50 years, they'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," he said. "What it did more than anything else is it gave us a tremendous power of negotiation, which we didn't have, the pro-life movement, a tremendous power of negotiation. ... Now the pro-life movement has the power to negotiate a deal that's acceptable for them."

    The pro-life movement is reorganizing after it suffered a slate of defeats in 2022 in states such as Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, and Montana. The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe and the resulting backlash left the pro-life movement more politically unsure of itself than it has been in decades. Pro-life politicians and activists, now freed from the restrictions on lawmaking imposed by Roe, have to strike a balance between pursuing the ideal and attaining what is possible.

    Republican voters tend to favor more restrictions on abortion. An April Marist poll found 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. The same poll found that 31% of independents support outlawing abortion with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother, and nearly the same number, 29%, favor legal abortion through the first three months of the pregnancy.

    Democrats were far more permissive, according to the poll. Nearly four in ten Democrats support abortion at any time during a pregnancy.

    Like Trump, DeSantis has not staked a position for the federal government on abortion.

    DeSantis signed his latest abortion measure into law in April, saying in a statement, "We are proud to support life and family in the state of Florida." He signed the six-week ban into law almost a year after enacting a 15-week abortion ban prior to the fall of Roe.

poll#152

With Roe v Wade (originated in 1973) overturned by the US Supreme Court, thereby allowing decisions on abortion legislation completely returned to the states: Where do you find your position on such a "Life and Death" issue for the American People?

  Yes, I approve of the US Supreme Court's decision to reinstate this "medical" issue back to the states' legislative responsibility to regulate.

  No, I believe that every woman should have complete access to abortion on demand.

  This issue is far beyond my intellectual capacity to understand.

586 total vote(s)     What's your Opinion?

poll#168

In the most recent Midterms Election, the "Republican Red Wave" turned out to be a "Republican Red Ripple," which, as in all elections, confounded the political prognosticators of what to expect down the governing /political road: What, and who, do you think is best for this meandering Representative Republic in the near future?

  Because they know how to best allocate the public's money back to the right part of the public, the Democrats will NOW always prevail and get my vote.

  With patriotic pragmatism the cornerstone of the best of the Republican Party, they will ultimately save this Constitutional Republic from self-destruction.

  Since the Executive Branch is so important to turn this Representative Republic around, I am still on Team Trump in 2024.

  Since the nation may need a different path to Conservative patriotism in the Executive, I am joining Team DeSantis.

  Because I am entitled to take the government dole, the prevailing favoritism whenever possible, I will support any, and every Democrat candidate.

378 total vote(s)     What's your Opinion?