Asked About Abortion, Ron DeSantis Tells Bizarre Story About a Fetus in a Pan
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ® answered a question about abortion by spinning up this little tale: “I know a lady in Florida named Penny. She survived multiple abortion attempts. She was left discarded in a pan,” he said. “Fortunately, her grandmother saved her and brought her to a different hospital.”
DeSantis, who’s trailing former President Trump by about 40 points, continued, “We’re better than what the Democrats are selling. We are not going to allow abortion all the way up til birth, and we will hold them accountable for their extremism.”
So, to be extremely clear: Abortion all the way up to birth isn’t a thing. And DeSantis’ desperate “abortion survivor” bullshit—an obvious gag for attention at a debate that saw Vivek Ramaswamy talk all over him—draws from the usual Republican nonsense about imagined “late-term” abortions targeting born, living infants. DeSantis and Republicans rely on these baseless talking points because they know abortion rights are popular, and all they can do is obfuscate, confuse, and lie.
https://jezebel.com/asked-about-abortion...1850768981
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ® answered a question about abortion by spinning up this little tale: “I know a lady in Florida named Penny. She survived multiple abortion attempts. She was left discarded in a pan,” he said. “Fortunately, her grandmother saved her and brought her to a different hospital.”
DeSantis, who’s trailing former President Trump by about 40 points, continued, “We’re better than what the Democrats are selling. We are not going to allow abortion all the way up til birth, and we will hold them accountable for their extremism.”
So, to be extremely clear: Abortion all the way up to birth isn’t a thing. And DeSantis’ desperate “abortion survivor” bullshit—an obvious gag for attention at a debate that saw Vivek Ramaswamy talk all over him—draws from the usual Republican nonsense about imagined “late-term” abortions targeting born, living infants. DeSantis and Republicans rely on these baseless talking points because they know abortion rights are popular, and all they can do is obfuscate, confuse, and lie.
https://jezebel.com/asked-about-abortion...1850768981
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