Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is distancing himself from a six-week abortion ban set to go into effect in Florida, instead proposing a 15-week limit as he runs for a second term in the Senate.
Scott, who served as Florida’s governor for eight years,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.
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 monthslong legal battle, is set to take effect in two weeks. But Scott did count himself among a crop of Republicans rejecting calls for a federal ban. Trump, who cleared the way forto 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.
Sen. Rick Scott addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Florida.
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