MIAMI – South Florida Democrats got here collectively Thursday morning to criticize Republican Senator Marco Rubio for co-sponsoring a bill that might ban abortions nationwide after 15 weeks.
Unveiled by Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham this week, the bill would enable for exceptions after 15 weeks in instances of incest, rape, or if the mom’s life is in peril.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and different high social gathering leaders have distanced themselves from Graham’s bill, saying they consider the bulk of Republican senators would somewhat depart the difficulty of abortion as much as the states.
Florida already bans abortions after 15 weeks, with exceptions if the process is important to avoid wasting the pregnant lady’s life, forestall critical damage or if the fetus has a deadly abnormality. It doesn’t enable exemptions in instances the place pregnancies have been attributable to rape, incest, or human trafficking.
Jones stated Rubio wants to remain out of the physician’s workplace and let ladies deal with their very own medical issues.
“We don’t need Senator Rubio, we don’t need Governor DeSantis, we don’t need Senator Graham in the exam room with women. They are capable and qualified to make their own decisions for themselves,” stated Jones.
Pinecrest council member Anna Hochkammer agreed.
“Women are more than up to the task. We depend on them but for some reason, the right wing at the national level and local level has decided to not only demonize teachers and mothers, (but) declare us incompetent and unable to make decisions around health care,” she stated.
In an interview with CBS4’s Jim DeFede final month, Rubio stated he views abortion as “the killing of an unborn human being” however that he would again legal guidelines that allowed for some exceptions.
“I believe abortion is the killing of an unborn human being and that all human beings are entitled to the dignity and the protection of life. That said, I’ve also said that I will support bills that have exceptions — I have in the past and I will in the future. I will support any bill that saves lives,” he stated.
Rubio’s workplace stated the Democrats are talking out in an effort to support Val Demings who’s operating in opposition to him in November.
Senator Rubio stated, “Banning abortion after four months is consistent with Florida law and more permissive than all but two European countries. Why doesn’t the media ask Val Demings why she doesn’t support a single restriction on abortions? She is an extremist that supports abortion, for any reason, at any time up to the moment of birth and paid for by taxpayers.”
Rubio’s workplace stated in an announcement final week that Demings has repeatedly refused to say at what level she believes an abortion ought to now not be authorized.
