Poll: Floridians in favor of abortion protection, gun control

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Poll: Floridians in favor of abortion protection, gun control
WESH, 7/15/2022

The new survey shows 59% of voters support the new [gun reform] law. 22% oppose it and 19% are unsure.

The results also show strong support among Republican voters for more red flag laws, universal background checks, and mandatory waiting periods for all firearms.

“Our results on gun reform were pretty universal across the board in support of the legislation that was just passed and in support of even more extensive gun reforms in the future… And that applied to both Democrats and Republicans,” said Bethany Bowra, a researcher with Florida International University.

On abortion rights, voter responses were more nuanced. 31% approve of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, while 57% disapprove and 12% have no opinion.

https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-poll-abortion-gun-control/40627717

Unfortunately, according to the poll, only one-third of Floridians support a new law guaranteeing abortion rights. And DeSantis out-polls Biden on jobs and economy, 50% to 34%.

[Deuxcents]

1. Aggggg. Nobody polled me so..we're out here

[lark]

2. Florida's constitution strongly protects abortion so the question is stupid.

No new laws are needed, except freedom of transportation.

OK, there is one bad thing about FL law - parental notification - but you can get around that.

[In It to Win It]

3. Florida's constitution strongly protects abortion... for now... kinda...

Our wonderful elected officials seem to disagree with that interpretation of the state constitution so their abortion law still stands... for now.

The state Supreme Court originally blocked the parental notification also, but was overturned by a ballot initiative.

[lark]

4. FL Supreme Court has totally blocked Death Sentence's 6 week total ban.

A total ban on abortion would not pass here - not at all!!!

[In It to Win It]

5. When? I don't recall a 6-week ban ever passing through the legislature

[lark]

6. It was recently, right after SCOTUS viciously shredded RvW

[In It to Win It]

7. I could be wrong but I'm not finding any case where the current make-up of the state Supreme Court

made a decision on abortion.

When Roe was overturned, the current 15 week ban was still being litigated in the trial court.

The Court currently has 3 DeSantis appointees. The state is trying to fast track the 15 week ban because they seems to really think the Florida Supreme Court will side with them. From all the filings and briefs I’ve read, the state doesn’t even seem to be trying that hard to win at the trial and appellate level. That would be not only a major misread of the Court, but it would be pure incompetence, if the Court recently struck down a 6 week ban post-Dobbs. They seem to think those 3 DeSantis appointees will make all the difference.

[lark]

8. I couldn't find an article about it in the local rag, but it's pretty horrible.

I did find a letter from a local physician dated 7/17 about how thankful she was for the right of abortion here due to state constitutions' absolute right of a woman's privacy with her medical doctor.

I think it was an Executive Order that Death Sentence signed and was overturned?