Ron DeSantis accused of 'intimidation campaign' against abortion rights

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Source: The Guardian

Sun 29 Sep 2024 11.30 EDT
Last modified on Sun 29 Sep 2024 11.51 EDT


Ron DeSantis is making a concerted effort to maintain draconian limits on abortion access in Florida that have led to accusations the rightwing Republican governor is conducting a “state-sponsored intimidation campaign” against abortion rights and trampling on civil liberties in the state.

A near total ban on abortions after the first six weeks of pregnancy took effect in Florida in May after the state supreme court ruled that the right to an abortion was no longer covered by the privacy clause in the Florida constitution. Passage of legislation called Amendment 4 would change the state constitution to prohibit government interference with the right to an abortion before the viability of a fetus, which typically begins around the 24th week of a pregnancy.

But registered voters in Florida have recently reported unannounced visits from law enforcement personnel that appear to be part of an all-out drive by DeSantis to use state government agencies and public funds to block passage of Amendment 4, which would enshrine in the state constitution a woman’s right to an abortion. The experience of Isaac Menasche is a cautionary tale.

In early September, Menasche received an unexpected visitor at his home in the Florida Gulf coast city of Fort Myers – a plainclothes detective with a badge and a folder stuffed with documents containing Menasche’s personal information. They included copies of his driver’s license and a petition form he had signed months ago at a local farmer’s market on behalf of a campaign to qualify a pro-choice referendum for the statewide ballot in this year’s general election. The detective who turned up on Menasche’s doorstep wanted to know why his signature on the petition form did not match the one on his driver’s license.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/29/desantis-abortion-election-florida

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1. DeSantis wants to run for prez in 2028 on having won abortion fight

He only cares about how it sets him up for presidential run

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2. Good thing Ron or wife Cassie is using birth control...

I hope, either that or abstaining from that ...that..thingy they did at least three times!!!

Yet she's only 44 and still able to have children. What with the christo-republican mantra of having babies, why only 3 Ron? She's good for at least 6 or 10 more! That means 6 to 10 times more having fun, right? Then...nothing! No sense taking a chance on pregnancy problems that could endanger her life, right? Wouldn't want to be traveling to a "Blue State" for medical help now, would you? Be a real spokesman for the Right and do what's right. Get her pregnant again or abstain. Shouldn't be any other choice, right?